New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
THE ITALIAN JUBILEE.
FIFrIETH ANNIVERSARY or THE RENAIS
SANCE OF THE ITALIAN NATION


Italy is celebrating the jubilee Of her political
renaissance. Fifty years ago il was quite true
az a plain-spoken and perhaps unsympatheti:
statesman said that Italy was geographical
expression and nothing more. There we're
twenty five million Italian people. but no Italian
nation. There were two kingdoms Naples and
Piedmont, and half dozen duchies and princ.,
palities, but all were more or less subject 70
Austria Mazzni and his followers Of Young
Italy" had al times stirred up a ftfu fame Of
patriotism, which had soon burned out. or con.
sumed only its authors Hiazzul himself was
at this time bafTcd and all but broken hearted
He had met With disaster IN Savoy. In RomagnA
and In Calabria and had been in 1914 1ye'.
whelmed with grief and despair a. the aNf-
tragedy OF the Bandicra. Thus young l'ly
seemed dead and with ii all hope OF relemptoa
Rut upon the very scene II The apparent delts
arose a lasting and triumphant lie
Ferdinand Of Naples was the slayer ~ 'hs
Bandiera. And the beginning Of ltaly- new lie
vas a revolt against him. That sovereign,
damned TO everlasting fame" deserves some
passing remembrance at this time. II was he
who. at the beginning Of his reign conceived
the happy notion Of dealing with an epidemic
Of cholera by ordering massacres ~ the peops
Not only did he have them massacr,d. but %
the pretence that they were concerned In ires
sonabe plots ne had many 81 them slowly tors
ured 10 death with the most refined and deylisa
tortures. one Francis Xavier. Marquis Del Car
retto. was his chief butcher. This man had Dis
tnguished himself in the preceding reign by his
ruthless and sanguinary cruelty. and Ferdinand
retained him for the same sort OF service Car
retto and Cocle. "A Jesuit priest were the powers
behind the throne. Cocle had especial charge
OF the prisons. In which more than twenty-five
thousand prisoners were confined In the most
horrible condition. WheneVe- the people al.
tempted TO rise against the tyranny ~ Fert'
nand. Carretto crushed them with ehoesas
slaughter. Two such outbreaks occurred IN l>i9
one at Reggie in Calabra and ore AZ MessinA
in Sicily Ferdinand ordered hts troops % ran
artillery upon those cities and subject them
general bombardment This savage order Ht
literally executed. and thus the King obtained
the name OF Bomba, the King Who homhari'1
his own people by which he Wa ever afii
known.
The crisis came at the beginning - 1879 Eve
years before young man named Frany'sls
Crispi became Interested In the Revolutionary
conspracies that were then rife soon he D.
came 4 recognized leader Of tho Iisarp.tei JIG
was a native 81 Sicily. and Wa- WrI fu,I
lead the fierce inhabitants of that island. Ni'
knew him and trusted him above au other ,af
ers. He was at the head ~ ali the uusucO, ssib
uDrisncs from 1914 TO lSiS. and several ums
narrowly escaped capture and death IN NJ
he had TO fee from the island for hls BE b@
he secretly returned and planned another rrv0l
on the morning OF January l. the crisis amt
II was a bright and cloudscss morning. 'ns
and heaven seeming to unite IN harmouou
beauty. Men alone were DISCONTINUED and los
ering In aspect AS the people ~ Palermo eH
their houses and went upon the str,et-. 90 mar
ket or to work. they found the walls cosers
with posters calling them 20 arms against th
tyrant They responded with slacrity. They cS
not know whose the summons Nas. hut 'np
answered II by thousands. SELLING "hate'"
arms they could lay hands upon ard u''AD'
with desperate eagcrness TO Tho mark, pA'"
There they were not left long iu doubt A.
what was afoot Francesca Crispi. ~h' Tvs
secretly returned and hal himself PREPARED ~
posters. now showed himself amid The RAM
acclamations Of the multitude. The troops OF y,
royal garrison were aroused They hled "