The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-21

, ~Aom sno hao oorno him, and to whom
no was devoted. and in order to enable
the girl, Giuseppina, particularly
lovely woman. to become the wife o.
the fourteenth Prince of IAnguaelos.a.
mead OF one of tho most ancient housex
OF the Italian nobility
Dona Lima was a woman of purticu-
larry unfortunate entecedents, and not
satisfied with the scandals in which
she had become involved prior to
showing Crispi, some OF them figuring
on the police records of the Siciiian
town OF Syracuse. she continued. as
ter Incoming first his companion and
then his fuil-fledged wife. to incriml-
nate herself in ell sorts OF unsayory
affairs. from the consequence of which
she was only saved by her husbands
hume he was rendered responsible for
most OF these misdo'ngs of hers. espe-
! cla!ly those OF a financial Character.
whereas the fact has since been broipb,
10 iGht that ali that he did was to
enoeavor to shield her from tho ron
sequences. sacrificing for the purpose
al mat he had Got. and dying not only
penniless, but even in debt
AS an instance OF his generosity OF
acter. 1t may be recalled that one
OF the principal charges against hin,
was that he had obtained rrom 1tinc
Humbert tho Grand Cross of the OrdoI
OF ST Maurice and ST. Lazarus for mo
french scientist and swindIer. Cornelius
hefz, VINO played SO evil q role In me
Panama bell broth. Crispfs foes did
not hesitate to assert. from the plat
FORM and In print. that he had re-
ceived 100000 lire. that Is to sey: 600.
ooo, for this order. from Herr. crisui
never took the trouble to deny This
or TO exculpate himself But anonR
ms papers there has been found a
letter, written on the official paper OF
the French president of the Council
OF Ministers. and in the handwriting
OF me French statesman. De Freycinet,
VINO was Prime Minister OF France nj
the time when he affixed his signature
10 inc document. In this letter De
freycinet entreats Crispi as a person,I
iaVor, to bestow the Gordon of the Or
DER OF st Maurice and Lazarus unnn
MS friend Hcrz. for whom he himself
mad already obtained the Grand Cross
OF the Legion of Honor. The produc
non OF this letter so many years after
Cfisofs death. has had the effect of
causing the we'll known Italian editor.
Woo Mantegazzs. to regard himself as
reieased from promise which he gave
10 Crlspi to maintain silence ahout
IT. ana In an article Just published in
the Roman "Corriere della Sera" he
reiates that once when Crispi was living
H. not long before his death, and az
&C iou IetiFeo from ONCE, he had
shown Mantegazza the letter In cues
ton. extracting from him q pledr. RI
make no mention OF II. and explaining
at the same time that IL he had never
USED IT to exculpato himself from the
charges brought against him in con-
nect'on with Herr, 1t was because n
"ouid nave been a breach OF confidence
towards De Freycinet. capable of ruin
ing one OF Frances most prominent
statesmen: one who seemed likely at
the uine to become once more Premier
OF the Republic. Crispt added to Man
tegazza. that If he were to use the let
ter in order to clear himself, he would
regard himself as having been guilty
OF giving q stab In the back to De
FreycInet.
This is only one of many of such
traits OF Crispi which are now becom-
ing known and which explains the in
sistanoe OF his daughter, Princess
Linguaglossa. to have his letters and
correspondence published: convinced az
she was from personal knowledge. that
1t would show her father to his coun.
trymen In an altogether new light, and
completely clear his fair name
may add that the princess Is now
separated from her husband. For when
he found that her father had left ma
money, and that all the wrongly ac.
CURED wealth imputed to him was
myth, and that he had sacrificed even
his restricted private means TO save
his wife, the prince vented his disap-
pointment on the princess to such a
degree that she was compelled to seek
judicial separation.
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