The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-23
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~ la MAN0IESE DE fOSIENof.
| TTAi.Y'S new Cabinet can boast OF
being the most literary. might al
most say, journalistic, adminStra-
| ton in tho world. Premier onorevole
! Saiandrl * above everything else
| knieht OF the pen. and earns his living,
when out OF Office. partly "a ~ profess
| s0r ut the University OF Rome, but
more especially Ivy tho articles which
| he contributes tn the Loading news
| papers and reviews,
The Minister of Foreign Affairs the
/ Marquis Ill san GluIiuno. was for many
| years one OF the principal writer's on
| the stan OF the Giornalc d'italiu, in
which his experiences OF his Nisit To
/ America ia 1903. as we'll rs the stories
/ Of his travels III Albania. in Frythroca
| and Tripoli. appeared. lie has also
| published several books, on tho various
| modern, social problems. aud In the
\ author of a standard work OH the So
| cial and economic condition Of his ma
| tive Island Of Sicily.
/ The new Minister of Public Works
CiuHclli. was formerly editor In chief
| OF the well-known newspaper provin-
ca di Brcsca. founded by that Liberal,
| or rather. radical statesman. I;nar-
I doll. WHO was one OF tho arpt Prime
| Ministers OF tho present rcign Tho
1 Minister OF Agriculture. Cavasola and
I the Minister Ut Education. Daneo. have
hoth been for Years writers for the
'orricre della sierra. and for the IIoin-
hardia: while tho now Posimastcr-Gon-
ernl. NlncenHo Riccio. was ono OF Tho
\ most brilliant members Of the star oi
!! the Roma.
The Minister or Finance, Ravn. is,
like the Premier. q professor Of the
Roman University. tho author Of "a
number Of historical ana economic
/ works. and member Of tho e,an Of
\ Italy's most important review the
Nuova Autologia.
1 Nor must | omit the mime of Fer,,l.
nando Martini. Minister Of Finance. and
ono OF the most gifted writer's and
poets Of modern ITALY. Ills plays arc
rs widely celebrated In Europe ~ thoy
! ARC popular In Italy. and his "I'roycrht"
can aiwnys lao rolled upon 10 draw
crowded houses. Under tho non na,uo
OF "f"n,asio.' he les the chief CON-
+ trlbutor and attraction Of tho weekly
4 'tnfniia della Do'ncnicH. and former
"ns GoNornor-Genorni of i,aiy's
!. 'otohih possessions on the Red sen
Fortunately. nj! thc mon cf tho now
aoihct arc clo.cr, and enjoy uuivcr-
- rcSpccl. even on tho part OF their
Il bittercst political ndversaries jror
\ heF nave Yer: difficult task before
49, ih raising Tie money needed to
dstFaY the expenditure incurred in No
| War WIN Turkcy, ana tho Invasion or
| lr'poit, without adding unduly ia No
\ burden 81 taxation already borun h,,
Sne italian people. One thing ia me
nNor OF tho Cabinet il that il cnjoys
n,. ~. oi me eN-ircmicr Giol!tti
we most influential and mnstcrrul nt.-
nic In tho contemporary public Mo or
ip'i,' ihaced. ~ was on Giolltti's suu
scS'ion that tho King invited ~.
friend rnh adhorent. Salandra. 70 IN
usrtakc the formation OF tho prescn,
administration ut Rome
Persons
i'ier' for tour in Europe. win do vcll
10 avoid constantinople and 10 on. il
"ut OF their itinerary AT no time rc-
ho"ned Tor it's sanitary conditions. II,
mas becom" absolutely intolerable .u
'hat respect since the foolish removal
81 All The tons OF thousands OF dogs
from mo city. to an isln nd In tho Sea
Of Marmora, where they were left 10
atarv+. or To kin ana dcvour one an
other.
AZ the time when the dogs were
zone away with, ! called attention in
Use letters 10 iha scrviccs which
th:y had rendered for many centuries
rs most efficient sCaivengers az ~.
SitF' and urged that they should bo
kept en-. At any rate. until the Turk
iSh metropolis mad been endowed with
q sewerage system. No heed was mid
:" hfSc considerations 40 steps have
he"n 'ab"n TO perform the duties which
q.
.doi ana refuse arc left cverywi.er.,
70 rot. nnd not only is tho stencil OF
toe streets appalling. but measlc.
scarlet fever typhus, meningitis and
ln'.'iipo% nave become endemic, in the
European rs we'll us I'm the native
quarters 1855 =
one OF the principal features In tho
porlrat OF Count Robert de Montcs
Guion. BY the late James AlcNeill
W nistier. recently purchased for s75
ooo by Henry &. Prick. from the Rich
ara Canheld collection In New York.
Is his cane. This same cane also NJ
ures, equally conspicuously, I'm rho
counts portrait by I;oldini, ana on one
memorable occasion almost cost the
count his life, namely. In a duel
Cunt Robert de Moutesqu!ou. who
VIII he remembered in America as a
no, particularly successful lecturer,
was one of the men who cscaped from
the terrible charity bazaar fire. sixteen
or seventeen years ago. In which SO
many women and children persisted, the
chief among the victims being En-
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