The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
SOME NEW BOOKS.
Speeches of n Modern Italia N
Stntcsmnu.


hre the special qualities traditionally
essential to success in the difficult post
of Minister for Foreign Affairs peculi-
arly necessary properties in the ma
who holds that highly important office
in tie Italian Government? II is suy-
g,N"d that ordinary tact, discretion and
detc. mination are not sufficient to his
occasions; that the southern tempera-
ment, with its frequent clashes between
r~ou ar sentiment and national interest.
nakcs such demands and imposes such
eeslr.tints upon the Minister as must.
more constantly than in other chanCel-
lcrits. threaten the stability Of his cher
ished policies. Whether or not such
special pleading is correct and justified.
and every schoolboy knows" that pres
sure IT home ranks at least az high in
the category of Governments troubles
a. Gtss the other sides diplomacy
IL ia not an Indispensable factor in
the credit justly due from his country
n,u md the rest Of Europe to the Hon
orab.c ToMMAso TIrroNi Foreign Minis
ter ~ italy from 1903 to 1909, for the
estah shment and maintenance of a
cont d uous. undertaking national policy.
L. HniYs Foreign and Colonial POLICY
ISM Ia, Elder and Company. London).
n COZ elton Of Slgnor Tittoni's speeches
In Parliament translated by Baron
BERNigpo QUARANTA III SAN SEvERiNo
and tadCated in the English version
to- oN-Prime Minister Balfour, II is
posS he 10 detect not only the guiding
prf:r pies of this policy but the native
wi I'd wisdom and practical states
mansaip Of the man who put them into
succes ful operation As the speeches
arc in large part responses To the Par
lam;r tary interpretations of his parti-
san O. ties and opponents and AZ the
Minister had the excellent debating
lcht VI repeating IN skiful epitome
enc hostile argument, tho collection is n
moro ,ompendous exposition of the
nation u political personality than might
be- nr' Heated from it's descriptive title.
fin ster Tittoni's appreciative sense
Of IN duties and responsibilities Of his
high lice as defender Of the national
irt"rc' t., as well as his ability 70 stem
tho m oetuous currents Of popular pas
son vas demonstrated at the time OF
r." II tsso-Japanesc war. AS Senator
Mag urino Ferrars, editor OF In
Moore Anfologid and from 1898 to 1896
Mn s;cr for Posts and TeleEraphs.
points out in his preface: when the
var broke out sentiment conquered and
wer; yer entirely To the japanese ma
ton. It winch we all admire the valor
az rNnderful progress But our in
ter sjs were and are with Russia. as is
show" by actual events IN Tripod"
~, relations of Russia and Italy are
sue "erhaps Us 10 foster rather tle
forms Of friendship between the two
Gov rments than the fact as between
the Two peoples. The Two lands are SO
widely separated that there cannot ne
- in
areas II common interest, the Balkan
res on presses nearer home to the
T.a''a7 commons. the Turkish theatre
of g lsl conflict must he more in
tho Il ly thought Of the multitude or
the t'ars subjects. Certainly Titton.
took nd forcefuly maintain a firm
fr,"r''v stand in tho Italian Parliament
or 1907. as again in 1909 The meeting
ri IN conigi between car Nicholas and
King Victor Emmanuel III. was Of
auspi, Gus omen for the Minister'S pro-
rramle. The special service Of Tittoni
IN those and other matters was his
profe' led and actual remuneration OF the
Ma"h!lvellian statecraft which gossip.
over careless of accuracy. fondly i'm
pntos to the statesmen of Italy as
an irsradicable characteristic. Signor
T,tto'l did for Italian diplomacy pretty
J.,
mace II straightforward and business
like lstead of indirect ambiguous and
evas'"e. The history of his administra-
tim antres about the motto he adopted
carly and repeated often. in the face Of
un.o"ard events that furnished political
cap.tal for his opponents: Fidelity to
rho triple Alliance. frendsh .p for Eng
Innd and France"
vi ma more than once threatened the
rea, full realization Of this some what
ide' site seeming programme, but Min
istr" Tlttoni was able to restrain those
of J. colleagues who were hot TO gov
crn Austria as well as their own coun-
NV. IL was Ut the very outset Of his
Min stry that the Innsbruck student
rios reused the wrath OF many Italians.
Tho new Minister. as was to be his wont
In many delicate situations. put legal
cons iderations ahead Of sentiment. In
torn ational rights and obligations out
ran'ed. both in his vocabulary and in
HI irmory. the impulses of trust or of
res 1tment. the mere whims Of the I'M
stal le popular mind. The Austrian
government. he said in forhlddng for
reasons of public order and in virtue OF
Articles II. and VI. of the Austrian law
on public gatherings" the opening of
~" free courses Of the university was
doing something which cannot fall un-
DO tho control or judgment of other
s tes.' Deploring the disturba noes
ar tho participation of Italian students
~ them and in their consequences. he
affirmed that the Austrian Government
bad M intention Of denying to its ftal-
iHr subjects an autonomous university
he Italian Government could not
therefore. according TO the most ele-
Hnntary rules which regulate the rela-
lions between States, interfere in mat
tor which has taken place in "A foreign
STATE among subjects of that State"
What of the Italian subject who was
Involved? Prof. de Gubernatis had
gone to Innsbruck asking no greater
rights and privileges than those granted
70 the citizens OF the foreign State
whose Government he was to serve The
Austrian Government had not been
derclct in its duty Of giving him all
possible protection against the disor-
Derby German students The Austrian
Government was embarrassed by a bit
ter racial hostility among sections of
its own citizenship. The Innsbruck