New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17

,,vlar support OF the government
70 a!;.,,or Ferdinando Martini is men,
M Lsre as the possible successor
~ ,.T.,. mrs al san Giuliano. Professor
80. 49,; i AZ present acting Foreign
.al.asr and is considered one OF
s ~, most able statesmen;
-,~raso Titoni. Italian Ambassador
-. Fn7ce. the predecessor OF the late
..,.sr. also has been mentioned as
vsble candidate.
a.lv,s Strong Man." as the Marquis
-. Giuliano was often and not IN
..,,ristslv called. was Sicilian by
q AMI ike many others in that
- ~ Norman blood. He was
- more than sixty years ago. and
,.,-,d public life while a young man:
=. -snv years he was g Senator OF
!, Ergdom. while his executive OIL
l., At the same time were, sue
ssiyely. Under Secretary Of Agrlcult-
I. Under Secretary for Foreign At
=, Postmaster General in 1S99-l9OO.
i-.sssador al London. and Minister
!, goreign Affairs in 1905 in the
,,..,s,ituted Forts Cabinet.
n, appointment 70 this latter place
ga rot well received at Berlin and
Ts,,. largely for reasons similar 70
80. which made NJ. Delcasse objec-
s-,ye 70 the same powers when he
M IA the French Foreign Office. The
v,cvis was too aggressive an Italian
urro and knew entirely too much
,S,v, the foreign affairs Of Italy and
n sfairs Of other nations to please
s,w who wished 10 make and keep
aly the tool Of her partners in the
irps Alliance.
he marquis had personally ex-
,e,si. Investigated. almost analysed
rAuA the Balkans, the Trentino.
ln,si Eritrea and various other
rsrsa in which Italy was interested,
Nj ID nasteTful knowledge of them
al N Empathy with Italian national
sa1sas were we'll known.
Tie lalian ministry was formed at
lszs hoveyer, and not at Vienna or
,gin: and he took Office and held it.
Il Inflated and executed the cam
~ in TTipoli. and then, when
i,rrs-Hungsry undertook the alb
gvasn Of large share Of the Bal
rs be turned his attention to the
a,rarding and promotion of ltal-
r interests in that region.
Itsfe was an intense and not alto
E1gf yelled animosity between him
RI Count Aehrenthal, the late
IN minister Of Austria-Hungary,
4, o. that account the latter and his
n'r.oI would not take the Italian
70 confidence in the Austro-Hun-
ara1 and German negotiations and
,1gves in the Balkans, as they
s,sA have done under the terms of
Y Triple Alliance. It was that con
stnsnt which both morally and le-
Hy released Italy from all obliga-
II under the Triple Alliance treaty
aa'ters resulting from those secret
STATIONS.
nat suited the marquis perfectly,
he knew all that was going on
q as completely and about as
9apty as though the other powers
y Kept faith and revealed il 20 him,
me he was left with as free a hand
nough Italy had never entered the
t,pls Alliance.
u 'Pie Of this, the marquis re-
ana loyal 10 the Triple Alliance as
az possible. Less than two years
y 10 renewed the pact and publicly
'ny defended but highly eulogized
y having been for thirty years a
tl'iee Of European peace, and as
l.S permitted the great growth Of
y nthout fear OF alien meddling
mack. The maintenance Of that
iS' he declared, must continue
the central and fundamental
.'fs Of Italian foreign policy.
= vas not until the other two
ai proved false to Italy that he
nly aloof from their demands
* marquis was a brilliant orator
Keen and forceful writer. lie
'~ some years the chief writer
star Of the journal Of Italy,"
M the author Of a number of
aole volumes on his travels and
va and economic matters. His
VISIT to America was made in
arc he showed himself a shrewd
'Pgieelative observer of affairs
"nclnons in this country.