The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-29

italian peopie now regard and wish TO regard,
their Latin brethren beyond the Alps tbs
isrisian Journalist was a practical eommen-
| tary OF the highest authority upon King Hum
berts Interviews and bsnauets win the En- IN.
| and the banluets at Venice lent weight and
force to the .proiessions Of peace and Of gogd
interview with the French journalist In like
manner the exhaustlng daS passed By Ming
| was day Of devotion to the political and put
| lie Interests Of Italy.
enee Il neither her Grst nor her second yislt
But II has heen pnid at atimo when the rela.
81 gay tpa tng SeT no only AZ
but throughout Europe aud at time when
fresh aud extraordinary attention has been
cial condition, to the relations between that
now nor at any previous time has Queen Vic
toriN when visiting Italy, thought 1t meet TO
lone. A people nuch less susceptible than
| the Italians might we'll have taken UNI
which is not only the capital Of Italy but
the capital also Of tho Catholic world aud
h.. hen made the ca Of py ss.nt
tho Catholic world, It cannot be thought re-
markablc that the hesitation Of Queen Victoria
| to acknowledge and to recognize in the official
talitlrs repeatedly extended TO her both BIZ
should, By many Italians be attributed to
eympathy on the part OF Queen Victoria with
Of course. intelligent and ,wcl-informed
Italians understand that Queen Victoria, WHO'S
Treat britain but tho sovereign OF Catholic
Ireland. would find herself in a ,singularry
nnd to s ka hns the
Quirinal. without also visiting Pope Leo XIII.
10 Home. at the Vatican. The quiTinal palace
origins at Home. is claimed by the Pope. and is
regarded By the Catholic world as the, lawful
palace. in 1870, Plus VII was i9rciby dragged
away INTO exile by the French troops o; Ma
Plus ~. escaped in disguise TO seek refuge
at Gaeta from the revolutinnists OF ~; What
il Great Britain. in Ireland, In Canada. in
AnstTSi,a think o. ,s garden . nGry e. ne
%6s tie RnT
land. the Presbyterians Of lister. the Cal
yinists Of scotland. think Of her britannia
Majesty bowling to the benediciion OF Leo MIL
Clearly it Is now, as II has been in the past. .
Home. And yet who can lind fault with the
Queen Victoria to acknowledge in person and
BY her presence 10 home. the .onrtesies and
ss Is waa IN Is RDs on b a s S
queen Of itaiyp Who can wonder that Of late
something almost like feeling OF antagonism
and dislike. not only toward the british s9v;
the queen OF Italy acted upon the not very In
distinct expressions OF this feeling which have
past months and reiIained from visiting
Queen Victoria at all in Florence this year. she
pathy Of the Italians at large; but the circum-
stance also would undoubtedly have been in
peo in IN rf 1.nss
thing like rupture 81 the relations hitherto
ss tsH Mss
hd ss So snd iH Ha%
dealt with. That the Italian people in general
plaud the origin and tho intent Of this visit Sit
may be safely predctad:
conduct q the people Of Florence yessofdsS.
The eyewitness who has given me to-day the
a sS the FosentSs peopS tssroushiy w ns
sures me that not he only. but all the mem.
hers Of the royal party and the King and
much as they we're delighted by the unmis-
taxable cordially and warmth Of the APP
greeted throughout the Tuscan capital. The
florentin ines are not an excitanle PEOPLE. nor
their dislike s as their likes. and popular hos
thusinsm. therefore, with which they yester-
decisive proof that the hard work done by the
italian severed ms since last Monday has been
done Wen anu 10 RoOu purpose. tnht Is so Tar
as Italy and the Italian are concerned.
Il has shown that the hing and the Queen
still have a strong and real hold on the conf
dence OF the people even in one Of the least
demonstrative and keenest witted CT Italian
cities. and in a city not instin ctively sympa-
thetic with Piedmont or the Piedm ontese. As
to the international relations between Italy
and England, 1t may be doubted whether they
have been improved, though they certainly
have not been injured by these interviews at
Florence. they have shown the Italians that
England can neither be cordially In touch
with the Italian Government which occupies
home nor cordially in touch with the Vatican.
The upshot OF this must be a growing dis
trust both among the Hdlianissini and the
PhDdlini Of Englan either as an ally or as a
friend; And now that by clever turn Of his
wrist Mr. Gladstone has removed Lord Rose
berry from the direct supervision OF the For
eign onice iniP the Premiership. and put the
the hands of Lord Kimberley. who. like him
self shrinkt from the energetic attitude in
European affairs taken up By Lord Salisbury
and maintained by Lord Rosebery. 4 may be
Italy under Crlspl will now drift steadily
away from England and toward kuskiA and
France In all matters touching the Mediter-
raneAn. AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER.