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lost In thought and remained specifies
for some time. The Princess meanw lille
grew impatient and insisted on hearing
that portion Of the prediction which the
fortune teller seemed withholding. where
upon the man said: i SO two royal CROW m
on your hand: one IL fatal and blood
stained. the other leads to happiness
and power. am hesitating. a. do not
know which Of the two you should accept,
the fret OF the second
On the following day the strOlhng player
returned TO the KOnak at Cettinie and
asked 90 $50 Princess Xenia He then
warned her solemnly 70 refuse the fret
crown offered her. AZ he nov felt sure
that thai crown would fall in blood The
warning vas not forgotten by the Princess
when the Crown Prince Alexander Of
Servia asked her hand in marriage. and
the prediction was fulfilled when the
Crown Prince became King and his crown
actually fell in blood
The beautiful Princess Xenia has re-
fused all offers Of marriage from Russian
grand dukes. AUSTRIAN Archdukes and
German princes and she 10 calmly waiting
for the second royal crown. the one that
Leads to happiness and power TO he offered
her
The historian SignOr PasatIale Villari
contributes an article TO the NIOra AAtO-
logic about the reeanitatiOn OF Naples.
in which he examines the different causes
that hinder the moral regeneration oT
the inhAbitAnts and the industrial cisvel-
opment Of the city He explains at length
the mistaken policy adopted toward
the Improvement Of Naples. consisting
in demolishing old houses and building
new ones. which resulted in the In
crease of house rents and in the conse-
quent OVercrowding Of the slums
After suggesting the proper remedies
for the solution of the housing problem
he concludes by giving some interesting
pArticula 70 about the CanorrI. the scourRe
that IN half a century the Italian Govern
ment has rot succeeded in extirpatinR
Signor Villsri contrasts the fact that
whereas under the Bourbon Government
the CAmorra WAS something mysterious
which existed only in prisons. where no
doubt IL originated and hourished and
people referred Ia Il IN whispers, at pres-
ent Il has extended 10 all CLASSES of 50
ciety and - a topic % public conVerua-
ton
Evidently the original character 81
the CsmOrra has been altered and the
institution has become akin TO a
secret mercantile undertaking with the
sole object of making money AZ all costs
even II crime has to he resorted to The
Camorra now fosters usuTy. clAndestine
lotto riss and illegal pswnbroking
II protects vice. Organizes burglsries
and actively participates IN admin istrative
and political elections Tn" power ~
the CAmorra Increases dsily The police
resort to the CAmorra to detHct crimes.
and private cItI1nns So X tS AID to recover
stolen property A che uffeur rem over
and killed lady srd he sought safety
in fight The police will never catch
him SignoT Nillari overheard a ma say-
ing Yes. they will arrest him to-mor-
row morning" replied his friend. as the
CsmoTra has - ken the cE'N up
4 police oficer confessed IN court that
h" would never have arrested two bur
glars had hc not invoked the Camorrs's
aid The head ~ = young r. dies seminary
invoked the CsmoTrSs protection IN pre-
vent tn" gir.s from being insulted IN tho
streets since. tn" polio" were unable 10
help him
No deputy can he elected IN Naples II
the Camorra opposes him All the efforts
to combat the CEmorra are useless since
according to law no man can be CON
victed and punished unless he commits
a crime and To belong To tho Camorra -
not a crime Thus when recently the
police arrested the newly elected ch els
Of the Camorrs they were all acquitted.
a. they had committed no CRIME Capt
Fahroni Of the carhIne~rS initiated a wa-
against the CAmorrs hut he had 10 give
II up a. he arrested Camorrisii simply
for being members 81 the association and
the judicial authorizes ruled that he had
= needed hrs functions
siRnor VIllari hoT"s thai the forth
coming Cuocolo trial vii reveal whether
The charges against the civil police who
nampered the work Of Capt Fabronl are
we'll founded. and he concludes by in
goking a special law sanctioninS the
arrest Of members II the Camorra indie
of anv crime committed