The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-25
ITALIANS SEIZE ROME PALACE OF
 KAISER WILLIAM
Enemy's Property Is Confis cated and German Elm
 bassy Will Be Razed
Copyright, 1917, by the Internation-
 al News Bureau.)

l al News Bureau.) By J. c. Perizzo
 l. The City Council has been called
 upon to approve of the demolition
 the German Embassy to the Italian
 Court. The building is of no archi-
 tectural or historical value; but it occupies the site on which was built the temple of Jupiter on the capitol. The plan for the isolation of all the vestiges of ancient Rome so as to form a monumental zone of the Capi- tol and the Fora necessitat ss for it's
 execution the demolition of certain
 number of buildings, including the
 Palazzo Caffarelli. Senator Lanciani, the world-famed archaeologist, in supporting the motion at the meeting
 of the City Council, stated that the
 throne of the Kaiser in the large re-
 ception room of the German embassy
 Is exactly on the same spot where the
 throne of Jupiter existed in the a1-
 cient temple The remains of the
 temple are for two-thirds enclosed
 in the property of the German em-
 bassy. The City Council voted unani-
 mously in favor of the demolition of
 the building, and this will soon be
 carried out
 The question of right on the part
 of the Italian authorities to seize the property of the German government has been settled in the sense thac, as the site of the building was given ori- ginally by Charles V. in 1500 to As- canio Caffarel1i, the gift on the part, of foreign invader of. Italian pro- perty can be legally contested. The question of ation-quite-an n independent one from the former will be settled later on, and 1t is quite probable that the material value of the property will be paid to the Ger man government after the war.
 An interesting anecdote is related in connection with the Pa1azzo Caf- farelli. Alderman Bianchi told the City Council that on the occasion of the last visit of the Kaiser to Rome the German Emperof lunched at the Palazzo Caffarelli, which had only re- gently been bought by his govern ment. After lunch he went out on the balcony with Prince Buelow to admire the splendid panorama. Bu- low remarked: ''It has cost HIS mucn time and trouble to secure this build ing for our embassy. Let us hope that they will not ask us some day to give it up." The Kaiser answered.: 'I will give up this palace when Il give up Alsace." The time seems to have come when he will have to give up both.
 The demolition of the Palazzo Caf- farelH will perhaps put the italian government into possession of valu- able and unique collection Of gold Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the King of Rome, was rebuilt in SPA by Vespasion. Tacitus tells us that the whole of Rome attended the most sol- emh ceremony of the laying Of the foundation stone. Besides the politi- cal and religious authorities, hun dreds of thousands of citizens com peted in offering articles and coins of gold, which were thrown in tho hole made to receive the foundation stones. The value of this commenlor- ative treasure is estimated at a very large figure. It is only fair 10 add that the treasure is supposed to be buried under the ruins of the temple within the zone belonging to the ltal- ian State. It seems superfluousS to lay stress on the political significance of the imminent decision of the Rome City Council, which will be sanction ed by the Central Government Whether the Keiser was so deeply attached to the Palazzo Caffarelli or not is a question of secondary impor- tance, but the fact remains that, as in the case of the seat of the Aus trian embassy to the Holy See, the Italian authorities are giving a fur ther evidence of their firm intention not to allow any consideration for tho feelings of their ex-allies to interfere i with the steps that may be consid eceti necessary. for the preservation of the | and artistic patrimony of the nation.