Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-13
ARMY VS.. NAVY.
Question Whether England
Needs an Army for Defense.
MONKEY AND ORGAN CARTOON.
They Have SO Ratified the Italians that
They are Stumbling Americans in
Italy-Proportions of the MaIa
vita-Empress Frederick.

Italy-PrOportionS of the MaIa
yita-Empress Frederick.
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Special TO the Gazette.
LONDON, April IA discussion SIS going
on among military and naval men and in
the newspapers as TO whether England
needs an army for home defense. The
weight Of the naval opinion is that an army
is 4 perfectly useless incumbrance, that the
navy can do all that Is required and that
should the navy prove inadequate to pro-
tect England's food supply, the defense
would then become question not of fight
ing, but OF holding out against starvation.
To this view the army officers are OF course
unwilling to agree and they contend that
the army is as necessary OF land as the
navy on water. Meantime recruiting Ian
cuisines in consequence OF the better oppOr-
JunitieS and the income Of civilian employ
ment, and the army is with difficulty main
tanned at fair standard OF efficiency.
England finds most of her best troops
to-day in India, where a soldiers wages
offer sufficient temptation to the bold and
hardy among the natives and where the
men are more obedient TO the drill In
Africa, too, il is said that the Soudanese
under British commanders make splendid
soldiers. Many authorities admit that for
the maintenance OF her foreign possessions
England will have to depend more and
more upon the people that live in them, re
serving the native British troops for home
defense and aggressive warfare abroad.
STIRRED Up THE ITALIANS.
To-day received advices from Rome to
the effect that the flame of hostility in that
city towards the United States IS led from
America. Matters have been placed in
false light before King Humbert and his
advisers; and trivial incidents beneath the
notice of dignifed sovereigns have been
exaggerated into subject of consequence.
The monkey and organ cartoons in the
American periodicals are treated Us OF ma
tOnal Importance. II must be confessed
thai in such matters the better class of
Italians are very sensitive. and they take
very seriously what most people would
look upon Us i jest. 1t is even said that for
two or three days past Queen Marguerite
has shown decided GOODNESS to the American
ladies Of the royal circle. The monkey car
ICONS are believed to have caused ii, as be-
fore the arrival of i recent batch of Ameri-
can papers everything Wore Il peaceable as
pect; affairs We're settling down TO their
normal quiet.
MALA VITA
The trial of the Mala Vita society at
Barrie excited great interest in Italy The
society has for long time been the scourge
OF that vicinity. Several secret aSSaSSina-
lions have been traced TO its members, one
in particular of lovely young woman
whose murder three years ago in the vine
yards near Barrie for some time puzzled the
authorities. 1t is now pretty well estab-
ASLeu UudU She NdS . slecIecA U having &C
cI'teiLdt-S =. ei - Sotte 4dClS VI gIcdo
Ihpor tanCe " INC Suc!eI|' ana she was
murdered TO keep them concealed The
-'1dla ia, HoHtFeI, CoLIneo lhehi-
selves chiefly to petty robberies and
eXtortion. They levied blackmail in all
directions anu inspired such terror that no
tr:tdeSlhan Cared 10 refuse one OF the Mara
'ltaS any tlllLs t SlLaI ne aSheu. Tue eF1 re-
came SO gTe9t lIat InG cGuirdI government
was aPpedleu " py tuS'lhIdott[ihls oI b,Ile.
me soNe5l!ItiTtG aC.ru promptly anu Nigor
ousIS anu vs. aeii' 70 tlie uIsttlcV
sLt9LLE 5, - 80 rlie ogPoSil!oh
ahU WIN orGeIS 10 , ue"I sIlnt I'D WIN
any ouIprcaf % Iam We teSSlle9. ne lll!IIary
were HoI CA i,c S, ecu anu a. nIIeSIS pS tii9
"ioleSGIe !o41o"cu "4.tUuU ue4dS Ihe
greater poitioA VI 'ALe -'4aId Was were
galhereSl mo prison. a c9HSICeFdoie mum
per Ht''I'c .l.'lL eIedLo Ilu tCiU LAY IoI
various p4ll %, VI i Snc "ol u SI"eLa oAcreu
10 eLnlgfate II feieasGu' put the auJhor1ties
gsiuseU 10 nl'IAe any DarsdIu; M, anu reso4veu
70 push Ile pFoStcuIlon. rms Is being
Done ana sEe4L ea KY P[etaliS: Iot IL
IS not certain tHaI hQI"!InStahC!nB the
large Iorce u tIoot1S tAe Ltldt VIII pass
without any &c, Gonni e WIN the Irlenls OF the
prisoners. ne 4ILdtA mas iesot'eu Lsoei1 III
70 IN ISSUE Otc"eeA PuD44c duutloi4'S anu
the secret society, ana unless the NIaia
AltaS are crushed OUT tIe government IN . may
ma us very existence Hendceu py lEa0 anu
similar ORGANIZATIONS.
TIE EhFkESs fHEDLtICh
has Oeen received WIN dlstlhgulsheu re-
gard by the KAISER upon her return from
England. II was thelr nrsU meeting since
the PARIS excitement, ana lne kaL-
SerS evidence OF ueep aneclloh lor
ms mother as MANIFESTED on her return,
IS another Significant mint 10 FRANCE, VINO,
IN MS OPINION lad lnSutteq ner. Inc t:IIl-
press Freaerlck was Galleu IN consultation
with the KAISER ana CAanceIlof CaprlVI
soon after her arrival, ana IL Is understood
that she gave her son verbal statement OF
her trehcn experiences Win her views Us
10 their ponucal meaning.