The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-19

..,aad OF Lei Qordship). but the Neapoli-
IA often do this. and 1 took it for a friendly
Tart TO put mo at my ease in a strange
I,ns1,e. with a more accustomed form.
n. we're trying to come together on the
pcd OF tea | wanted, but we failed, IL /
ranted it strong, for it came very weak
md tepid, thought another day that
q would be stronger il | could got it brought
litter. but it was not, and 30 / went no
,,ore TO a place where i was liable to be
~lled You instead OF Lordship. and still
.at weak tea. l think this was a mistake
:, mine and a loss. for at that cafe 1 cav
,ons old fashioned Italian types. drinking
chair black coffee at afternoon tea time
eat Of ~tumblers, and others calling for
nan and ink and writing letters. and ladies
sveetly asking for newspapers and reading
,hsm there; and I ought to have continued
coming to study them.
All my onjectures Of republican quality
A. the Romans l had explicit confirmation
nom a very intelligent Italian who said Of
tbs anomalous social and political situa-
aon in Rome; we Italians are naturally
|. republicans. and il it were a question Of
any other reigning family we should have
the republic. But we feel that We W.
everything, the very existence OF her nation,
m the house OF Savoy. and we are loyal to
4 in our gratitude. Especially we are true
IN the present King" 1t Is known, of
course. that Menotti Garibaldi continues
the republican that his father always was.
but | heard of his saying that IL a republic
were establishedvi ctor Emmanuel III. would
be overwhelmingly elected the first Presi-
dent. 1t is the Socialists who hold off unre-
~lentingly from the monarchy, and not the
republicans, as they can be differenced
from them. One Of the we'll known Roman
anomalies is that some members Of the
Oldest families are or have been Socialists;
and such a noble was reproached because
he would not 60 to thank the King in recog-
milton Of some signal proof Of his public
spirit and unselfsh patriotism. He owned
the generosity Of the Kings behavior and
his claim upon popular acknowledgment,
but he said that he had taught the young
men Of his party the duty Of ignoring the
monarchy and he could not go oounter to
the doctrine he had preached.
II | venture to speak now OF q very
extraordinary trait Of the municipal situa-
ton at Rome it must be without the least
pretence to authority or to more than
superficial knowledge which the most in
curious visitor to Rome a hardly help
having. In the capital OF C~hristendom,
where the head OF the Church dwells in a
tradition Of supremacy hardly less Italian
than Christian, the Syndio. or Mayor, is a
Jew, and not merely a Jew, but IN alien
Jew, English by birth and education, a.
Ta,Ianar ond an n,fNHl man hor1 .,ok
he Is a Freemason, which in Italy means
things anathema to the Church, and he is
a very prominent Freemason. With refer
ence to the State his official existence,
though not inimical, is through the fusion
N the political parties which elected him
hardly less anomalous. This combination
overthrow the late Clerical municipal gov
eminent, and it included Liberals, Repub-
leans, Socialists and all the other anti
Clericals. Whatever liberalism or repub-
licanism means, socialism cannot mean less
than the economic solution Of regality and
aristocracy In Europe, and not less in Italy
than elsewhere. 1t does not mean the old
fashioned revolution; it means simply the
OF all social differences by equal
obligations. SO far as the Social |
ieto al Sihoi oStCl ~ v tliClt iOIt,l Ile ACTUAL
municipal government of Rome is as anti |
monarchical as 1t is anti-papal. But the
Syndic Of Rome is a man Of education. OF
culture, OF intelligence. and he is evidently |
q man of consummate tact. He has known |
how to reconcile the warning elements. |
which made peace in his election. to one
another and to their outside antagonists. |
to the Church and to the State, as well as |
to himself. in the course he holds over a
very rugged way. His opportunities of
are pretty constant, it will be seen, |
when it is explained that IL a measure with
which he is identified fails in the City Coun- |
Gil it becomes his duty to resign. like the
Minister OF England in the like case |
with Parliament. But Mr.. Nathan, who is |
alien in his name as in. his race and relig- |
6ignor Nahtahn, has not yet been obliged
to resign. He has felt his way through |
avery difficulty, and has not yet been iden-
with any fatally compromising meas
In such an extremely embarrassing
predicanent as that created by the conflict
the labor unions and the police
early in April, and eventuating in the two
days strike, he knew how to do the wise
thing and the right thing. As to the Incl
dent he held his land and he held his tongue,
but he went to visit the wounded workmen
h the hospital and he condoled with their
He was somewhat blamed for
that, but his action kept for him the con-
hdenoe Of that large body of his supporters
who earn their living with their hands.
Il is said that the common Romans do not
earn their living with their hands;
hat they like better being idle and 80 far
Is they can ornamental. In this they
would not differ from the uncomm Ro-
mans, the m%oneyed, the leisured, the pedi-
greed classes who reproach them for their
Incidence; but | do not know whether they
are so indolent as all hat or not. heard
! said that they no longer want work, and
that henthey get it they do not do it we'll
, supposed effect Of the socialism which 10
to have spoiled their manners.
heard 1t said more intelligently, as I
that they are not easily disci-
pinned, and that they cannot be successfully
associated in the industries requiring work.
men to toll in large bodies together; they
WI not stand that. Also / heard it said, as
thought again very intelligently, that
Nhere work is given them 10 do after q
model, they will conform perfectly
.or their first three or four times; then
'Self fatal creativeness comes into play,
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