Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
.GORKY STIRS UP
A RIOT IN ROME
HIS PRo-RUSSlAN MEETING Ex-
CITES THE P0PULACE
Italy Already In Dlsfavor with the Gar
for Its Sentiments, Which Once
Prevented His Visit There.
Pope Looks Well
ny A. w. PEARCE

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ROME, Nov. 17.-Maxim Gorky's pro-
Russian revolutionary meeting at Ma
pies was followed by rioting in the
streets and by action of the Italian
government, which suggested to Mr..
Gorky that he must exercise a little
more prudence while acting as the
apostle of revolution. Italy has al
ready suffered from the effects of a
Socialist revolutionary campaign in
relation to Russia. A campaign of
this nature some years ago prevented
the proposed visit of the csar to Italy.
Official circles in the czar's domin-
ions at the time regarded the affair as
an insult from little Italy to mighty
Russia, and it seriously embarrassed
the negotiations then pending for a
commercial treaty between the two
countries. Similar negotiations are
now proceeding, and the authorities
have issued stringent orders that the
Gorky propaganda shall be kept with
in severe limits, as the government is
determined not to have it's action
hampered a second time by anti-Rus-
sian propaganda in Italy. GDrky has
been watched by police and soldiers
who have received rigid instructions
to put down any attempt which may
be made by the admirers of the Rus
sian author to resist the regulations
laid down for their guidance.
While receiving number of pill
grims the other day, the pontiff, not
withstanding the s. we're attack of gout
which he had, looked his old self, and
was tranquil and benevolent as ever.
At the end of the ceremony, however,
he evinced great signs of fatigue and
appeared to be in PAIN His Holiness
was at once conveyed to his private
room.
There has just been inaugurated in
the exhibition of retrospective art at
Bucharest, a replica in bronze of the
famous bronze group of the wolf
sucking Romulus and Remus, which
is preserved in the Capitoline museum
at Rome. 1t was the gift of the mu-
nicipality of Rome to the municipality
of Bucharest, and the representative
of the former, Count di San MARITIME,
pronounced a discourse on the occasion
which was delivered amidst immense
applause The minister of industry
gave brief sketch of the story of the
traditional relations between the two
countries, dwelling upon their common
origin and the reciprocal sympathy
shown by the one to the other on va.
riouS occasions.
The wolf of the capital is, like so
many of the objects which contribute
to make Rome renowned throughout
the ages, symbol and a sign of the
statue IN bronze has been the subject
of learAed dissertations, and contra
dictory arguments. Even at the pres
ent day authors do not agree concern
ing it's origin and style of art. Herr
Wolfgang Helbig the German writer
on the classical antiquities in Rome,
says that the Chronicle of Benedict,
the monk of Mount Soracte, declares
that this wolf stood in front of the
Lateran palace as early as the tenth
century. And Lanciani, a very care
cul student of antiquarian documents,
writes Benedict of Mount Soracte
speaks of the institution of a court of
justice in the Lateran palace lin the
place called Wolf-viz., the mother of
the Romans as an event of the be-
ginning of the ninth century. Trials
and executions are recorded from time
to time until 143S" And he gives an
illustration from a painting formerly
in the Ciementine transept at the Lat
eran, showing a man hanging by the
neck from tree, near to the figure of
the wolf This shows an execution
of one of two thieves Capocciolo and
Garofaldo, in that year. "for having
stolen certain precious stones from the
busts of st. Peter and st. Paul, which
were then kept in the ciborium or
canopy Of Uurban ", above the High
Altar of the Lateran."
Cicera speaks of bronze wolf struck
by lightning, and this has one of the
hind legs torn which might support
the notion that this was the figure
which Cicero saw. Anyhow, the copy
of the Capitoline wolf was fitting
gift to a people who claim descent
from the ancient Romans as the Rou-
manians do.
Signor Gabrielle d'Annunzio produced
his new play, More than Love-" at
the Constanzi theater the other even
ing, but met with most humiliating
failure, as the play was hissed and
whistled down and the author was
obliged precipitately to leave the house.
The whole theme of the piece irritated
the audience, for 1t is a glorification
of unscrupulousness and also personi-
fies In the love for the hero Of his COM
panion the sort of worship which
D'Annunzio,s disciples accord to him.
Moreover, the play has the great de-
feet of being rather series OF narra-
tions than of dramatic situations. For
instance, in the first act there is
dialogue between two men, which lasts
three-quarters of an hour The gifted
author has had several failures in
Rome, but this is the worst he has