The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
A REMARKABLE PROPOSAL

One of the most remarkable illustra-
ticns recently given of the great changes
which time works in the opinions of
men is furnished through the programme
of political action in, Italy recently out
/ Tired by 1sonzof the late Gen. Car
| ibaldi
| 1t was the great revolutionary soldier
| of Italy who. WAS responsible chiefly for
the rule of the present Savoyard dynasty
and the establishment Of what is his
| tcrically known as Italian liberty and
unity. Through his military eXploi 3
chiefly was the pope deprived of his TEN,
poral sovereignty. The elimination Of
years of conspiracy and strife in the Pa
| pal States was reached in 1871, when Vic
tor Emmanuel was declared king Of Italy
and Plus TX. became known as
the prisoner in the Vatican, dispossessel
of every vestige OF temporal sway out
side the limits OF tne papal household.
| And yet now, some twenty eight years
after the event we behold son of Gen,
Giuseppe Garibaldi urging a political
union between the adherents of the idea
of papal sovereignty and the advocates OF
the formation of an Italian republic.
| 1t is generally known that a large pro-
portion of the Italian people have reso-
lutely refused in the Intervening years
to recognize the rightfulness Of the rule
of the representative Of the Italian mon
archy, at least so far as the rights or
| claims of the papacy We're involved.
They have always refrained from partic-
ipation in the political affairs Of the
! Italian monarchy and have remained
steadfastly loyal to the claims of tenn
/ poral sovereignty on the part of the pa
pacy The proposal Of the younger
Garibaldi is i'll the nature of demand
| for a union Of the Catholic population
of the former Papal States and the be-
| levers in an italian republic. The
end in view is the establishment of an
Italian republic, with the temporal do
minion of the pope recognized within
the limits of the Eternal City.
The principal argument put forward by
the Italian Republicans under the lead
ership of Garibaldi is that, as both ele-
ments of the Italian population are alike
/ opposed to the rule of the Savoyard
dynasty, the purposes of both will be
Immediately advanced by such a union
1t is urged that the adherents of the
lhct fiali Inv ia
establishment of the republic in the
| recognition of the temporal power of the
pope while the misery and degradation
of the Italian people will be put an
end to by the: establishment of an era
of true freedom among the Italian peo-
pie.
No student of contemporary events be-
| lieves that the project Of Italian unity,
resulting in the recognition of Victor
Emmanuel as the king Of Italy, has re-
suited in anything like a realization of the
dreams of the Italian patriots. The reo-
pie are poorer than they were and less
content with their lot. The tremendous
Italian emigration to the United States
and Central and South America In re-
cent years has brought no amelioraticn
of the condition. of the Italian masses,
while the position of the Italian nation
in the politics of Europe is one which
many hold to be utterly Inconsistent with
the prosperitySof the Italian people.
1t would be premature to dwell at any
length on the possibilities attending the
proposal ofsGaribaldi Nothing short, we
apprehend, of armed force win ever en-
able the programme to. be carried to
tuifilrent But the progress OF events
in Italy may be regarded as all tending
in the future to the establishment of po-
litical conditions radically at variance
with those which now prevail If Italy is
ever to enjoy that measure of general
prosperity and happiness among It's peo-
rle which the natural wealth ana a1van-
tages of the country shoul1 secure to
them.
In the light of the altered relations
of the papacS toward the progress OF po77
litical eventsNit is not unreasonable to.
believe that many adherents of the idea
of the restoraNon of the temporal power
of the pope inEafsly and elsewhere wou d
,ool, with favor ON such movement.
Whatever the future holds in the way
of "a possible realization of the plans OF