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lon to embark on the feet destined for Clvita
vecchla. Rattazzl had delayed his answer. try
inR to strike n balance on tho Roman question
between the observance OF the treaty and the
wishes Of the nation. Encouraged by the ex-
ample set by Cavour in 1880. when. however.
no convention existed between France and
Italy. he secretly protected Garibaldi. It was
was also said that his wife. a cousin Of the En-
press. wrote from Paris that he need pay no at
tention to threats, which were only made to
satisfy public opinion In France. Rattazzi
treated the frst French despatch as OF no ac-
count. and contented himself with declaring
in the Italian Parliament that the Government
had no intention Of violating the september
convention. He took no measures. however.
against the invading bands Then came the
news that Garibaldi had escaped from Caprera.
and was In Tuscany, and. Immediately after
ward. that the Emperor had ordered his fleetto
start for Civita Vecchla. Victor Emanuel now
recognized the danger. dismissed the Rattazz
Ministry and wrote to the French Emperor to
assure him that the convention should be re-
spected. Napoleon III. thereupon suspended
the departure OF the feet, and awaited the end
OF the crisis. Gen. Cialdini was charged with
the formation OF a new italian Ministry. but
precious time had been lost The volunteers
had crossed the frontier Of the States OF the
Church. Garlbaldi had moved forward from
Florence. and. joining his followers at
Monte Rotondo, had beaten the Papal troops.
Victor Emanuel Issued a proclamation to
protest against this action: but. meanwhile.
the French troops had disembarked at Civita
Vecchia with orders to attack the invaders OF
the Pontifical territory. The Italian Govern
ment was then forced to send its own troops
across the confines TO assist in reGstablishing
order and law" Every one knows how the
nNnir nn1nI Tn,,-hN ltnax &c., 49,. A.
Papal troops on one side and the French chdsse-
pots on tho other. the GaribaIdians wore beaten
at Montana. DoEgedly faithful to his pro-
gramme. Garibaldi recrossed the Papal from
tier. was arrested in Italian territory. and
taken first to the fortress OF Varignano and
then to Caprera. under strict surveillance.
The author OF this autobiography lived to be
more than 90 years old. He had served the
house of Savoy since 1925. when. at the age OF
IL. he left the Military Academy with the rank
of Lieutenant. We are told that. In 1887, when
he was 30. though he still read without glasses.
his sight began to fail. Incipient cataract.
which never came to maturity. declared itself.
and glasses were OF no avail. Blindness came
on gradually. but never became total. So to
the last he had the comfort OF seeing the
light. especially the sun. He used to beg that
his shutters might be left open. in order
to see the sunrise; he welcomed it every
morning with fresh delight. because it
told him that he was not wholly sightless.
He waited with undisguised impotence for tho
evening papers. and. still more. for the friends
who came to tell him the news OF the day.
During the last twenty-five years OF his life he
the vicissitudes OF his country and the
acts Of its sovereigns with the deepest inter-
est. He was so universally recognized as alb
~solutely truthful that his word was never
doubted: for this reason his recollections are
OF great historical value. NJ. w. H.