Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-15
speclal Correspondence.


"a m ILAN, Jan. S0.--Americans prob
MI ably have heard something of
WI the Socialistic experiment on
Duke Litta's estate In Lom-
hardy and the failure that has over
taken il. The report has been circulat-
cd widely that his experience has led
him to renounce Socialism. l have his
own authority for stating that this is
not true. The duke is just as much
a Socialist as ever. His belief that
Socialism is the only system by which
any great Improvement in the lot of
common humanity can be effected has
not been shaken jot by the failure
Socialistic community. Nor have they
changed the convictions of his Amer
ican wife.
EXPERIMENT CAME HIGH.
The dukes experiment has cost him
something like 100000 and the loss of
the bulk OF his ancestral property. The
man whose faith in theories OF human
regeneration can survive a practical
test of them which has so greatly i'm
poverished him must be of a unique
type In this money-grabbing age.
Whatever opinion one may entertain
concerning Socialism, no one who has
mingled much with men can see the
duke and converse with him without
being impressed by the lofty character
OF the man. his broad. impersonal out
look on life. his wide learning and the
genuineness and sincerity OF his desire
TO do something for the betterment of
humanity. He Is not the sort OF man
one can label as a crank and let It 80
at that.
ADVOCATES SOCIALISM.
Duke Pompeo Litta Visconti-Arese.
the last scion OF historic MIianese
family. is a man of rare culture and
one of the worthiest types OF active
Italian aristocracy. Inclined 10 thu
study of the most serious problems of
social life before entering the active
field OF reform with which he is prom
inently associated, he realized-and IN
this he has shown himself unlike the
attitude of the italian high class-that
travel is one OF the surest means OF
charging personal experience and ac-
quirIng broad view of men and
things While on his pigrimages he
made the friendship of Won Wollman
and Bebel, the Henry George OF Ger
many and member OF the reichstag.
and through them became convinced
that Socialism contains in its essence
the highest dogma OF human progress.
SECURES DIVORCE.
An unfortunate marriage contracted
in his youth with Countess Rosa Tarsis
preolpitated him for time IN domestic
complications. II had its epilogue, how
ever. In 1895, when the duke, after liv-
Ing five years legally separated from
his wife, brought an action against her
to disprove the legal paternity OF a
child. The case finally carried before
the tribunal OF Florence, caused cor-
tain scandal, ana was decided IN favor
Of the duke, who later secured d.
voree. After some time he again mar
ried. espousing an American, Miss Per-
~ OF Charleston $, c., who has been
his companion in his labors and a SYM
pathetic advocate OF the dukes social
ideals.
TALENTED AMERICAN WIFE.
The present Duchess Lltta, II should
be stated, rs more than the agreeable
helpmate 90 an intellectual and high
minded man, she is also an author OF
mark In her own right, having dis
ilngulshed herself on various occasions
IN the literary field, Among the books
she has given The public Is a recent
translation into English OF tho 'Fisli
della Gloria OF Padovan, and Negri's
| great work, Julian the ApostateN
Al Tor Tho duke. he has quite \ long