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aunDert helr to the throne born on September
10, 1904, and Princess Giovanni born in 1907
The then prince of Naples entered the fto1ion
army IN 1887 as sublieutenant; he became colonel
IN $780, major general two years later, lieutenant
general in 1894 and general in command of tbe
forces at Naples in 1897.
King Victor Emmanuel is honorary doctor of
laws of the universities of Oxford and Pennsy1-
Van1a, honorary commander in several foreign
armies, a Knight of the Garter and an authority
on num1smatics. volume publif he by him on
this subject recently crowned by the Institute
of France
An exceptionally happy incident which has
made its due impression a people of such
artistic tastes as the Italians, the dis
covery, or, rather, rediscovery of a war lyric nv
one of Italys great poets, which is being adopted
as appositely made for the present struggle
When Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia had under
taken the redemption Of Italian provinces over
half a century ago, Giosue Carducci had COM
posed noble poem, with the title ITO the King
National Song" By some strange fate it was
neglected and then forgotten.
It's every line is today appropriate to the work
OF redemption of Italian provinces undertaken nv
Victor Emmanuel III.
War Fixes the Nations Attention
The kings should not be banded about
is the declaration Of an Italian writer, made in
the Tribuna. The marvels of activity of courage
of abnegation, of heroic and smiling fatherliness
shown by King Victor Emmanuel says this writer
marvels constantly renewed and constantly ris-
ing to heights unattained by others, have now be-
come like the pure air breathes and the pure
sky one contemplates for the calming of fears
and the exaltaton Of the spirit. It is impossible
to succeed in giving adequate account of them
and it is dangerous to weave a crown of anec-
dotes
Some might be led to form mental picture
of the king through anecdote which should not
and cannot be regarded otherwise than as
symbol.
Let US bow reverently, he says; let US not try
to build up images that would only be inferiori-
ties, that would sound ordinations Let us
keep in our heart with regard to the king re-
hgious sense, mystic feeling
In a correspondence from the front noted
French writer, Mr. Jean Carrere, after describing
the kings life in the field, dwells upon the de-
gree to which Victor Emmanuel has become ponu-
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 it 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, if one may adopted a modern term a
certain capacity for bluff" All these were re-
pugnant to the straightforward sincere and tn
some extent democratic nature of the king of
Italy. He would certainly never have consented
to lend himself to any of those DISPLAYS and
theatricalities by which certain other sovereigns
loved to put themselves in evidence