Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-19
Crispis Memoirs Will Shed
New Light on Italian History.


the family dispute over he memoirs
the work Will be published simply as
it's material was gathered 8nd set down.
The idea Of the Italian government had
been % present the MSS. with COM
mentarics. No thad thc sstatesmnn's
pages might be more comprehensive.
The suggestion was. however. not &C.
cepted out OF fear that many facts
therein stated would be yelled.
SOUGHT NOBLE PATRON.
II is interesting to learn. in connec-
ton with the memoirs, that Crisp
while writing them sought a foreign
Maeccnas in the person of Emperor
william ii, for whom, II Is said, he had
an unbounGcd admiration with this
intent, he dispatched q young lawyer.
Giuseppe Paratore, I'm 1901, with a let
ter TO his German majesty. In his let
ter Crispi stated that the idea OF hav-
ing such noble patron would be a
great inducement in producing the work
and that having nothing else 10 offer
in exchange he sent him the gold me-
dal the Sicilians had coined for him in
the year 1899. The emperor was touch
ed by the request and agreed 70 become
the patron of the memoirs Then Girls
ri died and litigation ensued, and the
emperor was never called upon TO full
hl his agreement.
Though the first part of the memoirs
heili'cF the tremendous activity of
Crispis manhood. the latter part is
oVershadOwcd 10y the gloom OF the
statesman's decadcnce. Crispl towards
his close had grown pessimistic in the
extreme and though still master Of his
faculties DE was but the shadow of his
former self. Disease caused him al
most cgtinuous pain. and the writing
OF the memoirs was often interrupted
by fainung spells and physical coll
lapse.
HAD NO NEED FOR PRIEST.
II had been o. matter OF much specu-
latton among his friends at the last
what Crispi's attitude would be In the
face Of death. He had always ex-
pressed "a belief In God and on more
than one occasion declared himself a
Christian. Would he or would he not
call priest to his bedside? He was
on the point Of dissolution when his
daughter asked MIN u he wished reli-
giOus attendance. Crispi opened his
eyes-that had been closed for an hour
to stare at his daughter. saying IN
decided voice. II believe I'm God. I am
Christian. I have no need Of priests. +"
The last part OF his memoir contains a
profession OF faith much in this spirit
for Crispi, like Mazzini had the opinion
, that IF Journalism were dispensed with
IT. rellBlon the Christian ram had Moth
ing 20 fear from rationalistic philoso-
plies
D'ANNUNZIO's LATEST.
Not a week passes that some paper
Ia Italy does not take up the subject
Of the immortal D'Annunzio and his do
ings The latest is a satirlcal inter-
view I'm a Florence paper between the
successor Of Dante and the eternal Fa-
Their The latter I'm true Italian phrase
ology informs the poet that Il must be
a matter Of lasting regret that the act
Of creation look place too soon to
make him a collaboration. Profound
apologies are offered him and he IS
called upon for a consultation as 10 how
an early mistakes may be rectihed.
II is also announced that Signor
D'AnnunziO win translate shake
speares "A Mid-Summer'e Nights
Dream" into Italian, the plan being
20 give 70 later ia Rome with the music
al interm,tzl Of Meudelssohn
OUIDAS PLIGHT
Ouida rs still receiving much atten-
ton from Italian journalists One OF
them has just come forward with the
extraordinary statement that Oulda has
been allowed 90 starve by the English
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