The sun., 1894-01-28

81 tRs. sicilIsn rec people. .bpt IN ~ o.:
Ian life, who have been enabled through
and. to work up at favorable points such ,ex-
plOsions OF mere rage and rapine as preceded
Rs IN f9s Is
able law OF human history that the really suf-
tering clasees and races OF mankind never
rectlons always begin at points at which the
pressure OF social Injustice Is diminishing and
the oppressed classes begin to breathe more
freely. These siciilan troubles OF to- day have
broken out In and Immediately around the
ia a % 0, ohe & ann narsst e,ber ~
the peasnntry or Of the townspeople. All the
autheniic data. in fact, SO far available. go to
Nora, acting under instructions from Crispi.
is striking the right blow at the right MON ent,
rule such deputies as signor de Feiiee and the
Presidents. Vice Presidents. and managers OF
lied The sand under e' the name Of
Ease" Doubtless great numbers of the
peasantryi really suffering under the eeonom-
have been brought into these Fasci by the
hope held out, to them that through some
telligible by them. the pressure of taxation
would be liRhtencd and their lot In life he
% the c Ec raS sp 9nS nnd
these movements, In the methods they have
adopteI, Fire and rapine have everywhere
IN conflicts with the troops but the chief aim
OF the leaders has everywhere been the sheer
In the form of buildings. public and private
alike. and OF other valuable property.
tended as So on nta Of 6S ss' s sfs sS Sa
qt9 ,t the and
outbreaks OF the Fasci are taking place, nc
companied with the same phenomena OF ap;
parenty wanton destruction aa In Sicily. All
the rumora In the European press of foreign
interference to promote trouble In sicily.
clearly originate in the connection already es.
tablishe1 by the military authorities between
the chief leaders in Sicily. none OF them PER-
sons Of much political i'm portance. and certain
published from the we'll known Cipriani with
whom De Fe!lce had an interview during the
autumn, nt Marseilles. In which Ctprlani bids
Do Eelice leave to him the work to be done in
the RomagnG; and an extraordinary assertion
Is going around in the Italian press to the effect
thatthe United states Consul at Palermo has
informed the italian Government that to his
knowledge shipments OF arms and ammuni-
for nome time past, and that bills OF exchange
and cheques have passed under his cognizanre
having W noe no ostensibie commorciai % business taT or
transactions there: Why any Consul OF the
United states should be giving such iniorma
late. The story in It's present form soems to
be improbable. but 4 can hardly heye been
to ous concurrently with many other m matters. all
Of which go to show that the sicilian diiticn,.
Ties are CLOSELY connected IN some way with
concerted movement not confined to Sicily
would seem seem to be a deliberate attempt to
bring on the long-expected social cataclysm
in Europe. by breaking down public order and
the Government In Italy, Italy being regarded
obviously by the instigators OF the movement
great European communities.
Crispl. l repeat, gives you the key OF what
6,a5 is going = on h here now In hif words which
Immediate object OF all these disorders is to
break up the CONSTITUTIONAL unity Of Italy as
ISL. This. in the iorcibe languare nj o OF 81. 81:
gnor Crispi. means tho unmaking OF Italy"
sumHbly the least solid Of the existing
nationalittes OF Europe. Italy has been selected
by The International SPECIALISTS for their first
muns OF 1871 could have established Itself at
Paris we should have seen the unmaking Of
centrated herself at Versailles. besiegod Paris.
least. preserved tile unity OF the French ma
the forces OF International socialism essen
tally as hostile to what civilized men call pa
1871. Ifthey can. and II they do we are indeed
for ias Is the bes Sbvonsy
signor Crispi that they neither can nor will
achieve their object He at least. having had
fuses to stand by idle while Italy is unmade.
surely whatever & may be .thought Of the
which italy. as she exists % to- day. is an esseD U
tial factor. which would certainly tumble
TO places were Italy unmade. the scope and
in this effort TO begin the plains OF Sicily the
ArmageddouS OF modern society. can hardly
commend themselves to men OF sense and OF
land, or in America alone. but even in France
and In Russia. An AMERICAN TRAVELLER.