The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17

Giuiiann, the ltaliaa Foreign Minister.
died AZ ego o'clocl, this afternoon.
Whatever ofter. tho passing Of ltllNs
Foreign Minister may have Oh her it'i-
tudc OF neutrality IN the great war TO the
VI rgu!s III san G.ui'tuo must hc accorded
'hc creditor. as the maj part Of his
countrymen would term it. tn" blame
for having kept the nal u from taking
ar active part In 'hc European coun.ct.
Tie took on hi. shoulders the response
bii,iv FOR the war with Turkey for the
acquisition ~ Trip 10. hU; he rcsolutcly
declined 20 counter nee q war with Aus
trio Or the safeguarding ~ ltdlE's 'n-
terpSts IN the Adriatic At the sam" time
declining 20 throw Tho lot Of Itdy with the
Triple Entente despite the material ad-
vantagcS which. on excellent authority
are reported to have been offered by
~. nee, England and Russia IN rctutu
fer active aid.
His posiiI as Foreign Minister IN two
Cabinets madc hin, thn repository of he
secrets Of the TriJio Alliance. lie was
thoroughly cugniZtut Of Tn" iuirigu"S
of Russia and the SuDiim" Porte. ne
delvci 70 the bottom o. AustTi7's spy
system hut witt NEE disc vercd he kept
to himself Il VIII tell everything when
the time cOmcs,' was ms inNarIapIe
reply To- pressing questions.
cember 10. 1852. She son of TN" Marquis
U.nodotto d. san Gluliano and the Coun-
tess Cate7ina State.la, daughter OF the
Prince of Cassaro
After his graduation from The University
OF Catau!a. he imnedItrl; "nt"r'd me
nollt!cal arena. devotng himself To- M
tional problems in the days immediately
following the emancipation of hts country
from the Austrian yoke. NJ the age of
/ o. he was elected Mayor ~ his native
/ CITY lie was elected Deputy 10 the
! Chamber in 1852 and was subsequently,
/ elected to tho same corstitIten"N "arh
.orm until 1900 The Marquis wls elected
Senator Of the Kingdom IN 1904 aud r"-
, tanned that Office until his death. He
/ was A prolific writer on matters connected
with tho history and progress OF 1talN
/ especially Of his native Sicily.
IL wac IN Is92 that the Marquis was
/ first appointed to "a Cabinet post, h"o"n-
ing Under SECRETARY of Agriculture In the
/ Ministry of Premier Golitti He remained
there only a year and did not enter a
| Cabinet again until 1899, when he was
appointed Minister Of Posts and Tele'
graphs, a position for which he did not
care ana from which he resigned the fol'
lowing yenr He had. however, made sucf
an impression IN debate that he wa'
chosen for the Foreign ONCE iu zoos
The following year he was sent 10 the
court Of ST James's as Italian Amhassa
dor and remained there for four years
being transferred I'm 1910 "a the embassy
at Paris In March Of that year, on tbs
resignation Of Premier Lu2zati, he wal
chilled 10 Rome to take the foreign port
folio IN the reorgAn'zed Luzzati Ministry.
/ II was AZ this time that the sentiment
Of the Italian people who regarded IN
! annexation by Austria NJ RoEuia anC
Herzegovina IN 1908 a. = practical multi
acatlon 81 tho Triple A!lienc@, began Il
crystFllIze IN definite agitation for IN,
ending Of the agreement with Austria nnC
i Germany.
His policy regarding Turkey and Al
ban,a made him the butt 81 r'dlculc anC
angry attacks IN the nationalist press.
A, tho clos" Of the lta!o-Tuvk.sh va
King Victor Emmanuel awarded to th'
Marqu,o III San Gluliano the Order of TN
AnnuaziRta, which made him titula
cousin Of the King