The Raymer enterprise., 1915-12-02

tiumbert, heir To the throne. born on gnptemper
lo 1904, and Princess Gioyanna. born In 1907,
The then prince OF Naples entered the Italian
army In 1887 as suhrutenant; he became colonial
in lSgu, major general two years later lieutenant
general in 1894 and general in command of the
forces at Naples in 1885,
King Victor Emmanuel is honorary doctor of
laws Of the universities OF oxford and Pennsyl.
vania honorary commander in sey sral foreign
armies a Knight of the Garter and an authority
on numismatics volume publ. he by him on
this subject was recently crowned by the Institute
OF France,
An exceptionally happy incident. which has
made its due impression on people OF such
artistic tastes the Italians was the recent dis
coyery. or, rather rediscoycry, of a war lyric by
one Of ltay's great poets, which is being adopted
appostcy made for the present struggle
When Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia had under.
taken the redemption OF Italian provinces over
half a century ago GIosue Carduccl had com.
posed noble poem. with the title ITO the King
4 National Song" BY some strange fate il was
neglected and then forgotten
Its every line is today appropriate to the work
Of redemption of Italian provinces undertaken by
Victor Emmanuel Ill
War Fixes the Nations Attention.
The kings name should not be banded about,
is the declaration OF an Italian writer. made in
the Trshuua. The maryes of activity of courage
OF abnegatCn. of heroic and smiling fatherlinesa
shown by King ctor Emmanuel says this writer.
marves constantly renewed and constantly ris.
ing to heights unattaned by others have now be-
come likesthc pure air one breathes and the pure
sky one contemplates for the calming OF fears
and the exatation of the spirit II is impossible
to succeed In giving adequate account of them
and IL is dangerous to weave crown of anec-
dotes
Some might be led TO form a mental picture
OF the king through anecdote which should not
and cannot be regarded otherwise than as
symbol
Let us bow reyerenty, he says: let us not try
TO build up images that would only be nferiori.
ties. that would sound as profanatons Let US
keep in our heart with regard to the king re.
ligious sense. a mystic feeling
In a correspondence from the front noted
French writer. MIR. Jean Carrere. after describing
the kings life in the field. dwells upon the de,
gree to which Victor Emmanuel has become popu.
lar with his army and his people
Before the war. he SAYS Victor Emmanuel was
profoundly respected by all admired by those who
had the honor to approach him. beloved by those
around him but. perhaps. in the precise and
broader sense of the word. he was not absolutely
popular This, be ii remarked for reasons which
are profoundly to the honor OF the monarch In
order TO be popular In the time OF peace a SOW.
ereign must have certain external forms OF ex.
uberance. certain prediction for pomp and
show and II one may adopted a modern term. a
certain capacity tor blum" All these we're re.
pugnant TO the straightforward. sincere and TO
some extent democratic nature OF the king of
Italy, He would certainly never have consented
to lend himself to any OF those displays and
theatricaties by which certain other sovereigns
loved to put themselves In evidence