New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-27
MEAN OF THE CONGRESS-
,,--o,ris Visconti-TenoSta, Moo
R,nresenting Italy at ALgeciras.

~. foreign statesmen and diplomats as
q .. = Alrecsras the most distinguished is
sfrhel a., tbe Marquis Visconti-Venosta, the
s13cs'-. ,,aseutative OF Italy. and the nephew
ys5cI -.--ssee az well as the favOrfte disciple
fr'lsH indeed. Viscont-Venosta was. more
& H'o--.+ man now living or dead, the poDt-
es =. ed successor OF Cavour. the creator Of
- r.,,v The late King Victor Emmanuel
GU him as such and deferred 10 his coun-
''' ne greatest affairs OF state as he did 10
- Il no other go, ,-..-,--, -.
7 va r,sl, in relation 20 the Franoo-Gernlan
s1N = E-,nr vas for taking up arms IN behalf
" - ~ Magenta and OF Solferino and for
- ~ against Germany Many OF his ad-
-vss such & course and there is no doubt
W -.orld have commanded the favor OF the
-. .,7Ie. Had that policy been adopted the
- the war as between France and Germany
f's-. --ohably not have been materially altered
T'1o - a. actually was. But the subsequent
To ~ ~ Italy would surely have been far dif-
p .,5 m the whole less favorable II was
E.-- -.venosta who dlssusded the King from it,
doing he saved Italy from a disastrous
gsa6sr ,-,---,.u, .. 1--... 49,. h
80, ce-rnanv was sure TO win. and he reck-
q hest f7- his country 70 refrain at least
o s.-,Ifr4nr herself win the losing side so, too,
y s..r,s5 II wise for Italy TO cultivate friendly
,..ons with the victor, and 20 make sure OF the
[-sshfn OF that which was 70 be the leading mil
,,v-sr on The Continent for many years We
- Emmanuel himself Is the authority for these
y. - - -bsn he paid his first visit TO old En-
-, william ct Berlin be was accompanied by the
-, z-fscorrf-V e-osta, then his Minister OF
-, Arrsirs ana as he presented him 70 me
- h remarked. This IS the man who pre-
$50 ne nom declaring war against YOU.
,.borsb g religious man, the marquis Is one OF
= -I,clnsl authors q the seizure OF Rome by
=. T,sfsn government 81 1870. he argued that It
,,t & national necessity that Rome should DC
sss the capital o. the kingdom. No other netrop-
s vas practIcs- none other appealed 10 the senll-
r,sn+ ans patriotism Of al the Italian race Ear
49,. might be satisfied with Turin. but not with
-. TIE -vo si-ilies might Re content with
,,plss but not With Turin, put al would be sa
az With Rome As soon. therefore, as Napoleon
m surrendered al Sedan, the French Empire was
,.,l,sba5 BY the Trench people and the french
,---,, ~ o~rupsricr was withdrawn from Rome. ne
S.els-ed that TIE italian government was tTee rom
RS obligations 20 the de1uuct empire and might
v-oceed 10 the fulhlment Of is destiny by The
Eszure OF the Eternal City
We're IN America he will chiefly b remembered as
n. zrbIter for the settlement Of the Behring Sea
csat-o-e-sy between Great Britain and the United
s'ttes
Personally the marquis g Gre ot the most dis
;nFulshed looking o. men. He Is almost giant u
stature with mighty name Of snow white hair
sns beard. BIS manners sre Of the most taultess
c5 school type and his diplomatic tact e SUCH as
Talsyraud might have envied wlthal he IS a man
o. The purest character fl both public ant private
relations Ee abho-s notoriery. and as Eudyard
K.pling says o. Lord Roberts IN his poem entitled
sBobs" be does not advertise
Married 20 the daughter az the Marquis Alheri,
rlsoe Q. Count Cavour, he is seldom seen az Rome.
ssnehow or other he has obtained the impress
son that its atmosphere is dangerous 20 his fam
ay BY reason OF the part which he took IN trans
fsrring It's sovereignty from the papacy 20 the
Italian crown. A tavoriLs daughter succunbed
there % sudden and vtrllent ATTACK o. diphtheria
When he next returned 70 Rome. as Minister Of
Foreign Affairs one n his sons died OF aQpendi-
otis and on the third occasion q his taking
cncs his eldest son become s. seriously 81 that
hs insisted upon resignilE and upon Withdrawing
srs- ths Eternal City. He belongs 10 one OF the
o5sst families OF Lozbs-dy. and, as one OF the
few uon-roysl knights o. the Italian order Of the
Anruneisron IS a. horcrery cousin q his SOW
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