Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-09-19
THE MURDER OF ITALIANS

by a Bloodthirsty Mob in Franco
The Outrage as Commented on by
the Noted Political Leader, Mazzini
Letter From J. M. SpineIlo, New
Haven Yale Man.
To the Editor OF the JOURNAL AND COURIER
Now that the recent massacre of the one
hundred and fifty Italians so brutally per-
petrated by blood-thirsty French mob,
with the full acquiescence of the authori-
ties at Argues Mortes, has stirred up all
Europe and has turned the eyes of all the
civilized world toward the nation which
has been and is continually preaching
brotherly love, faith and sympathy among
the laboring masses, allow me to address
you few words.
Not few times have read in the daily
papers words of strong sympathy felt on
this side of the Atlantic for that nation
which alone struggles to rule itself in the
form of a republic, amidst ell the rest of
monarchicsl Europe and In some parts su-
tooratic as yet. Whether such words have
been deserved and are being deserved by
her I will little question. I must say,
however, that if we carefully study and
investigate her history for the past centu-
~, we shall soon come to the conclusion
that the work of France after all has not
been the offspring of her genuine love for
humanity, hut simply the mere outcome
of natural political and social evolutions
To prove this 1t will suffice to make you
acquainted with the following letter of the
Ligurisn Tribune: Joseph Mazzini, here
he judges with the superiority of philos-
opher and Statesman, the Frenchmen.
their republic, their pride and their i'm
portsnce. This letter was written by him
| to one of his most intimate friends:
"Brother: Thank you for the souve-
mir. As to the writings of your friend
Lbarbaro ian illustrious living italian
thinker) and as to the conservative party
| of which be dreams, you will read what I
have written in the s'Roma del Popolo''
| about the Commune and about the raen of
| Versailles. I believe that Lbarb aro ie
| faithful, and such Is also the opinion of
| Aurelio Laffi, one of the triumvirate of
| him personally, but believe that he has
l
which was neither able to save the first
branch nor the second of the Bourbons in
France, and much less will it be able to
consolidate the destiny of the House OF
Savoy in Italy. As to the sympathy fol
the republic of Gambetta, 1t seems to me
an illusion more dangerous and more con-
demred by historical facts than that OF
Lbarbaro himself. You are unjust toward
Germany.
In France the republic does not emerge
from tho sincere suffrage of the people; Il
Is consequence ''de faoto" that risei
| from the coward abdication of Louis Ma
poleon and from the absence of every rule
But Germany fights for her nationality
We cannot, without proving ourselves t.
be either demented or dishonest, speak o.
| a republican crusade against despotism al
long as the victories of Germany are tn,
triumph of intelligence. The republic fo
me is sacred thing, but the republic O.
France Is merely name, and name alon,
does not suffice. Feticism is not a reli
gion: do not forget; you know it'll
services rendered by France to Europe
but her fall is an expiation and forsordi
nation of God, the application of the mora
law against him, who violated 1t impugnl,
for long time.
France being charmed by the haughti
ness of series of triumphs, ia agitate,
by despotical tendencies, by the applaus
of the surrounding people. She is tn
despotical nation that substitutes her owl
prepotency to the prepotency of the ty
rants overthrown by her.
France has intrusted her destinies TO tn
"Favorite" of battles, she has trample'
the rights of other nations in order to In
crease her own power, and she now sub
stitutes the worship of interest to the re
/ 1{rin, IF fIooa fofk ~, 81 A..
faith in God.
She has even deformed or crushed th
grandest and sublimest problem of tn
day by changing the sacred ideas of tn
social reform into problem wholly ece
nomical into a desperate war of savag
selfshness between class and class.
France is the most cynical nation of til
world. An unbeliever, yet she protect
the pope; preacher of liberty, yet sh
votes for the I'd of December. She boast
of being the only one among the nation
. to fight for an idea, and yet she demand
= for regions and money not belonging t
her, moreover without returning to Z
Corsica, which will be her ruin and on
good fortune on day not very far away
France is the most hypocritical natio
of the world. She acknowledged herse
contrary to a war with Germany, an
when 1t was declared she applaudsd it.
"She Invaded Mexico, she cast poor Pole
my into oblivion, by moving republi
against republic, she gave the fatal bio
. to Rome of the Italians and of the people.
| "Let France 70 day alone for thea
erimesi'
81 write 30 now because see the pre-.
tige that France has exercised upon til
young minds, alive as yet, prestie
which is an obstacle to our greatness"
This is what the great apostle of he
mainly Gays about France and her instit,
lions. fully agree with him and trul
that all those who, being thoroughly a.
quainted with her history, erect then
selves as impartial judges, will say ii
| same thing.
J. MARIUs SPINELLo, Yale &c.