The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
EUROPE'S EYE ON SICILY.
RumOTS That France Is at the Back
Of the Uprising.

ern Italy From Tunis if the Upris-
ing Should Tax Italy's Military
Strength--The Situation Looked
Upon as Full Of Peril to European
Peace-The German Catholics and
the Vatican.
Copyright 1894, by the United Press)
Berlin, Jan. THE foreign Office is
gravely preoccupied at present with the
uprising in Sicily in view of its probable
effect on the European situation, Little
has yet transpired beyond the dubious
reports connecting supplies of French
money and arms with the cause of the in
surgents. 1t is known, however, that the
emperor has conferred with Chancellor
Won Caprivi and Freiherr Won Mascalle
on the subject of Frances responsibility.
The Giornale Di Stella in Palermo and
II Romi in Naples, both Crispi newspa-
pers, have charged directly that France
is using the social exiles' Caprini, Merlino
and Malatesta, as medium through which
to excite Sicily to general revolt
THE cENTER OF THE PLOT
The Giornale di Stella says that the
center of this plot is Marseilles, where u
uers is supplied with funds by the French
government agents. Those agents have
been stirring the socialist exiles for some
time to arouse Sicily to rebellion. Should
the uprising reach such dimensions as to
tax Italys military strength, says the
Gioruale, France would at once act to
achieve her main object in the whole
plot and would pour her troops
suddenly into Sicily and Southern Italy
from Tunis, where the military force In
Africa is said to be now in course of con-
centration. To guard against sudden in
vasion, continues the Glornale, the Ital-
ian government is about to establish
camp of observation at Castrogiovanni on
the Central Sicilian table land. 1t is also
concentrating such numerous army in
Sicily and sending such a strong fleet to
Sicilian ports as will render any descent
upon the island by French troops an en-
terprise of supreme risk.
THE SITUATION FULL or PERIL.
These utterances of the Giornale Di
Stella probably exaggerate the facts, yet
it is felt here that the situation in Sicily
is full of peril and a source of weakness
to the triple alliance. Military opinion is
that the forces now ready to operate
under Gen. Mora Di Lavriano are much
more than sufficient TO suppress the anti
tax agitation, and that the Italian govern
ment must have good reason for con
centrating such an army in Sicily
besides the doings of an isolated agrarian
mob officials here reiterate the familiar
words: "We are again entering period
of supreme anxiety" They add that it
is certainly time to look ahead when
semi-ofticial French journals like the
Temps recall the old saying that Sicily is
the land of the initiative in European re-
volutions.
GERMAN CATHOLICS AND THE VATICAN.
DR.. Lieber, leader of the clericals
made an opportune speech in Frankfort
last week on the Italian troubles and the
attitude of the German Catholics toward
the Vatican. The Voce Della Verita, a
papaI organ in Rome, had upbraided the
German Catholics for supporting the
triple alliance against the interests of
the papacy. Dr. Lieber said truly that
he voiced the sentiments of his
party when he expressed his resentment
of such interference. The policy
adopted by the Voce Della Verita, he said,
meant that the German clericals should
be treated as second-class Catholics, who
lacked the intelligence and discernment
to perceive where the safety of their
country was to be found. The policy Of
the clericals had always been aimed to
serve the cause of the public safety. DR..
Lieber referred rather gingerly to the
Vatican's pro-F'rench policy, but his Ger
man spirit was unmistakable.
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
The newspapers in Berlin have much to
say of Chancellor Won Caprivi's letter to
the Koenigsberg agrarians. who asked
him to confer with financial experts on
the currency question. That the chan
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ions of bimetallist deputation is regarded
as considerable concession. The Vos-
sische Zeitung says, however, that the
whole practical value Of the letter is to
be found In the one sentence which dis
closes the chancellor's conviction of the
futility of international monetary con-
ferences The Tageblatt, while express
ing doubts that the agrarians generally
want bimetallism. says that the letter
will satisfy them and not commit the
government to any change OF policy.
SOCIALISTS OF THE MARCH.
A crowd of workmen tonight at s
o'clock assembled in the Transtevere
quarter and marched to the center of
Rome. bearing two red flags and shout
ing "live socialism," "live the Sicilian
martyrs The police were on
guard at the passage of the
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to disperse, but the latter opened fire
upon the police with revolvers, and dur
ing the riot which followed q policeman
was stabbed with dagger. The police
succeeded in dispensing the crowd and in
capturing the two red flags and two an
archists.
THOUSAND LETTERS SEIZED.
The authorities seized about a thousand
letters at the house of Father Urso, the
curate of San Lucia, who was arrested
yesterday with his sister, nephew and
the sacristan Of the church. In addition
q number of letters were found by the
police at the residence Of the priests com
panions now in custody. Many Of
these letters are in cipher from
Ciprani Father Urso and his com
panions were subsequently liberated, as
it was found that they we're ignorant of
the contents OF the papers, which IT was
conclusiEely proven were confided TO
them for safe keeping. Hand-bills yester-
day evening were thrown from the gal
leries of the theaters inscribed Down
with the peoples sweaters and takers, "
olive the Sicilian martyrs" Several of
the anarchists who threw these hand
bills were arrested.
THE PUBLIC NOT MEASURED.
London, Jan. s, 3 a. m.-The
Standards Rome correspondent says that
the official kilograms from Palermo do
not succeed in reassuring public opinion
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