New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-14

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over, Queen Marguerite. who, thanks to her
clever German mother, the old Duchess OF
Genoa, to whom she is devoted, is wholly Ten
tonic in her foreign sympathies. was seriously
alarmed just at that time by the growth of re-
publicanism and by the development Of the anti
dynastic movement throughout the peninsula.
and believed that through her husbands assum-
Ing the place of Gear Alexander Ill in the triple
alliance the hold of the House of Savoy on the
throne of Italy would be strengthened In fact,
Queen Marguerite and her mother, the Dowager
Duchess of Genoa, sister of the King of SaxOny,
were very powerful factors in bringing about
the Triple Alliance constituted.
Alliances of this kind are useless unless con-
frmed by commercial agreements, and very
shortly afterward the Italian Government, in
Difference to demands from Berlin and from
Vienna, denounced her treaties of commerce
with France, who had until then been her best
customer in order to enter into closer economic
relations with her two allies A tariff war en-
sued between Italy and France which led to the
latter's closing of the majority Of her markets
to Italian produce, while Italian funds were sub
jected to the most adverse treatment on the
Partisan Bourse Widespread disaster ensued
throughout the peninsula, consequent upon the
attitude of France, which was increased When
it was found that Austria was not disposed u
make any sort of tariff concessions to her neigh
Dor and ally while the increased taxation rel
dered necessary in order to enable Italy to tu4-
fill her military and naval obligations toWdie
her two allies served to complete the ruin, the
misery being such that millions of King Hum
bert's subjects were driven to emigrate-
All this naturally contributed to render the
Triple Alliance abhorred by the vast masses OF
the Italian people, and their luminosity in con-.
nection with the matter concentrated itself upon
their Austrian rather than upon their German
in he
popular in Italy, where the people could not for
get the harsh rule to which the northern prov
inces of the kingdom had been subjected when
they still formed part OF the dominions OF til
House of Hapsburg. There are no more widely
read books in the dominions of King Victor I'm
manuel than those which describe in the most
sensational manner the sufferings Of Silvio Pei
lico and other Italian patriots in Austrian
prisons Within the last sixty years there nae
been no less than three sanguinary wars be
tween Italy and Austria, and it is not unnatural,
therefore, that the Italian should regard AustilA
with greater feelings of i'll will and ennity tLll
any other civilized nation in the world Tee
feelings were, of course, envenomed by the tbs
astrous economic conditions arising throdSi--.-t
Italy from the Triple Alliance, and which "eie
laid at the door, of Germany, but OF Aus. -.
and the result is that to-day the anti-Ausil4in
feeling throughout the peninsula is more -
nounced and acute than it has ever been De4o- e
AS long as the late King Humbert was lie
he managed, after a fashion, to keep these 4-.l-
ings of his subjects within bounds, aIthousn Is
own popularity suffered through his eholt- "a
connection herewith and, having accepte-, .-.e
honorary coloneIcy of an Austrian regimen, -
was frequently greeted by his subjects "-,L
cries of 'Abasso il coIonelIo Austridco' dom
with the Austrian colonel But since the 3D.
vent OF his son to the throne the crown ha- .Ot
only ceased to exercise any restraining InilUV--e
on the people in the matter, but has even iIl-
nished evidence that it is in sympathy with pop
uIar sentiment as far Austria is conce---.t
Thus when Emperor William visited Rome '-'5t
month King Victor Emmanuel expressly se-r~-
lated that no reference or alluSiOn OF any !-.-d
should be made to Austria TO Emperor tran-
els Joseph in any of the public utterances dr.
ing the Kaiser's stay. In fact, while the illl-
ance existing between Germany and Italy was
referred to by both William and Victor EN-
manuel, Austria, the other party to the uLi.H
was pointedly ignored. Moreover, while the
King of Italy is visiting after another ea'
of the rulers of the great powers OF EuroPe ne
absolutely declines to call the venerable IIl'
peror of Austria at Vienna. He cannot forge
that his grandfather paid state visit TO tine
Austrian court in 1878 and that his parents, the
late King HuInbert and Queen Marguerite. were
at Vienna a little twenty years ago, ana
that neither of these visits has ever been re-
turned the Emperor declining to come to Rome
for fear of giving offence to the Pope This
sense of personal grievance has been strength