The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
NEW CODE CAUSES $
LAWYERS TO STRIKE
Italian Judges in Many Towns
Enjoying Well Earned
Vacations.
GOVERNMENT NAY ACT
New Law Limits Number Of At.
torneys in Each Case and
Many Are Out Of Work.
GOVERNMENT NAY ACT

RoaE. March 12.-ltaIian lawyers are
On strike. but as the strike 10 by no
means general and the principal courts
are still open. while many LAWYER. are
working. the strike is known as a "foren-
&c agitation There are 3s0 lawyers
among the 900 members Of the Italian
Parliament and naturally enough the
causes of the agitation are being debated
IN the Chamber Of Deputies.
There are two versions Of the motives
that led to the present trouble. Accord
iag to the lawyers they decided . go on
strike as protest against the Insult
fclent number of Judges assigned to each
court. ihc Minister OF Justice. however.
saws that the number Of Judges has been
reduced because. according to the new
. Code Of Civil and Criminal Procedure.
each tribunal il composed OF one Judge
instead OF three and that consequently
The lawyers complaint Is unJustifed.
Replying to various questions asked
IN the Chamber Of Deputies, tn, Min
lister said that there are too many law
yers in Italy and that the real cause
Of the present strike or agitation Is a pro-
vision In the new code limiting the mum
Der OF lawyers appearing to defend Il
ll;lgant or u prisoner 10 only two. For
merry ltlgants or prisoners secured the
services OF as many lawyers as they
peased and a considerable amount OF
time was lost In each lawsuit or t.'al
o~ing TO the fact that every lawyer was
entitled to talk and that Ill OF them
Insisted on talking too much. Now only
two lawyers arc allowed to talk and
naturally both time and lawyers fees are
saved while the procedure. In penal and
ev'l casca has been slrnplincd and
shortened.
Code win Not Ne Altered.
Tie Mnis;er refuses TO alter or amend
q new code. but Is Hing to make
sight concessions In the hope Of averting
= general strike. As the debate on this
s;lation IL expected to last for some
tine and a general strike will not be re-
sorted to until It ends. II Is hard TO fore
So What will happen In the future.
The lawyers in several cities are mean
While On strike and man, Judges are Ell
Toying much needed holiday. The pub
lie Is not taking the strike seriously. as
~ far It's only effect mas been to delay
the settlement CT cases and everybody Is
SO accustomed to delay In legal pro-
ceeLinss that It really does not make
mich difference whether the Judges Or
the lawyers are to blame. Besides law
yers in Italy lack solidarity and many OF
,aose who never had a chance to woyk
are working now that tine demand for
,heir services has increased.
Two lawyers at Pisa who refused to
strike were beaten by tho strikers. but
this was only an isolated case and highly
disapproved as unworthy Of the dignity
Of the profession.
II Is doubtful whether the lawyers
strike will ever become general The pre-
vailIng impression Is that after exhaust
ing all their threats and protests the law
ye-s will calmly return to work and that
The present agitation will gradually die
out
New Prehistoric DiscsvePies.
Important archaeological explorations are
being carried out under the Temple OF MI
nerva at Syracuse In Sicily. where the hut
foundations Of the primitive settlers be-
fore the city became q Greek colony In
b. C. 73t were found.
But besides this prehistoric discovery
other finds of great Importance have been
made of remains Of Grecian buildings.
Here many votive offerings. fragments Of
pottery and a great quantity OF ivory
probably imported from Cyrenaica were
unearthed. Prof. Orsi. who 10 conducting
the explorations. Is convinced Of the ex-
istence OF a temple erected five centuries
before the birth of Christ which was SUBJ
seauently demolished in order to build
on the same spot the later Temple Of
Minerva.
In a small shrine evidently belonging
10 the original temple decorated with
colored pottery q figure Of Medusa has
been found. while the shrine was full OF
ashes from the sacrifices offered In the
nearby temple.
Sictinising the GsvePanent.
Some time ago the Government alarmed
4 the larHR nf or fQif t.safnS
aud banknotes in circulation. offered a
reward Of 5000 lire Ol,O00) to anybody
who would furnish Information for the
arrest OF the counterfeiters. A Neapoli-
aan FASTENED to promise that within a
month he would enable the police to raid
the place where the false money was be-
Ing manufactured and arrest the coun.
terfeters.
His promise was accepted, AID sure
enough within the month the police ar
rested four men while at work turning
out badly initiated 8 lire ND notes with
the most obsolete implements possible.
The !nformer pocketed the reward and dis
Appeared
The four men We're brought for trial,
but after long preliminary investigation
they were acquitted. as II was found
out they were not counterfeiters, but
merely four poor men In search Of work
VINO FOR small sum pretended to try
their hands at making false money with
The second hand implements supplied to
them by the informer.
Something similar has Just happened
and the Government has again been taken
IN The counterfeit money In circulation
having increased to an enormous extent,
TIE Government decided to act. Az the
Naples police are more or less suspected
o, being In league with the Camorrlsts,
VINO are also counterfeiters, u Police Com
missioner from Henoa with sixteen de-
tertives was sent to Naples, and he started
10 work by pretending to buy counterfeit
money.
The Commissioner naturally secured the
services Of several informers and paid
them we'll. He succeeded In buying all
'hc counterfeit money he wanted. but
naturally his aim was to get the plate
us informers promised to get It for him.
ana after denouncing all their enemies as
e"unterfeiters and having them arrested.
on being paid large reward they fur
nished the necessary indications for get
"ng the plate.
The Commissioner applied for assist
snce to the Naples police. and with the
sodition Of thirty new detectives raided
we house where the plate was supposed
70 be hidden. He succeeded In getting II.
ol course. but to his stonishment instead
o. me engraving Of banknotes he found
Jnat the plate had ensravnes Of the
virgin Mary The Cnrpvv~i.~l~o> -, l.. I.