Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-19
INDEPENDENCE DAY
FOR ITALIANS
To Celebrate, Tomorrow. the An
niversary of the Advent
of Liberty.

Tomorrow will be the Italian lnde-
pendencc DAY, or. "a our American
Italians love To call it. italian Fourth OF
July" and it will be- appropriately OBJ
served AZ such II celebrates the anniver-
sary of Italian independence and The unit
ing of Italy, which. after years of strife,
was accomplished on September 20, 1870.
Concerning the significance of the occasion
DIR. L. Naccaro of sos West street has
furnished Every Evening with the follow
ing statement
The revolution which resulted in the
unificatton of Italy IS unique IN the history
Of the world Its genesis ls to he found IN
the history and glory of her past Nhle
the French uprising had it's inception IN
tho abuses of The elementary rights ot the
common people; the American revolution
The disregard of the principle no taxa
ton without representation both the
French and American revolutions were
the expression nt the popular VIII ne
common neoplc felt the wrongs and re-
helled IN n body The Italian revolution
required elaborate rrparat,on, covering
II centuries II was first conceived IN
Tho minds Of thc men of genius and grad
uallv reflected on the mass of Italians.
Dante was he first to conceive united
Italy under tho imperial seeptrr 10 hifn
It made no difference whether the emperor
was of Latin or Tcutonic hlood This con
stituted his Ghlbolline program he
shrewdcst diplomat tho world has ever
known. Macrhalavelli. IN his famous
book. II Principe. predicts nnlted
italy. with Rome rs It's capital. Another
great man 81 genius ~ Italian hlrth ana
extraction. whom furtuitous clrclnstane-
90 made n citizen and mastcr@ot another
country Napoleon understood the vital
ncccsaltv of united ltaly anil is final
accomplishment The great and nohle
poets l'go fascolo Alfier and Man
zanl prophesod great and united ITALY
The dlsiaintcd fragments II a race with
common HISTORY and glory depended
uron the dcatinics Of Rome for their
unity Her prestige and her lot were 10 dc
termlne the unlhcatton ct ltaly,
When Henry III entered Rome. three
popca we're ruling lie dcposed the three
of them and inatead slocied German
hlshop THIS lmpcrlai interference vas
prolific IN creating strife and dlscnrd and
unhappiv Italy. like Rclgium oi today.
paid the full penalty The fall ot RoInulus
Augustus IN i1S - sealed the eclipse
Of the Roman Euplrc and opened he way
| to foreign lnvaslonE lhr hafharians
| fiacked IN the former mistress ol th'
| world and lald waste her fertile hrlda and
| carried away her treasure eli MI foreign
ers, the Tombar,ls were somewhat aaeim-
| Hated and were working toward the unit
| cation of italy when the Franks under
/ rcpin and later. Charles the Great.
choked the national aspirations of a
| great race The number 81 foreign opprcs-
snrs Is legion When the Italians lost ali
| hope of being a free and united country,
thcN dccldcd to remain divided hut Tree,
| and substituted for national liberties,
municipal Independence. Hence the be
| ginning of the councils which shine as
| luminous stars amid the general darkness
| of the middle ages II was at Milan that
for he first time the word parliament Was
| coined When Napoleon entered Italy
the unity OF Italy seemed At hand, but
| Nanolcon failed to keep his promises
and Venice. after nearly 1000 years oi
independence. was thrown to the throat oi
Austria, upon which hinged the peace oi
Europe However, he revealed tn the
Italians their strength and potentIalltiee
for he had no better soldiers IN the in
vasion of Russia than the Italians Ht
left them soldiers and further prepared
the way for 1870 They became NOR,
conscious of the falsitv of Prince Meter
nicks opinion that Italy was only
geographical expression MeZzlni, Pei
lico. Confalonieri. Bandiera, Garihaldi
Cavour. all great patriots, were listened
to with sacred devotion.
On Man \, 1852, the great liberator
Garibaldi. with the advise of CAV our ant
| Mazsinl landed at MarSala Sicily. and II
a short time expelled the BourbonS iron
the island He had only ,012 volunteer
| at hIs disposal while the enemy strength
amounted 10 t50. 0o0 How he drove be
fore him tho enemy fills the chapters y
! the most romantic history After Sicily
Naples was conquered \ junction Will
the army OF hing Victor Emmanuel WI
Effected on the Nolturno and the liberia
tlon Of Italy again seemed t0 pass tn
stage OF dreams But Rome was still pro
tected by strong French garrison. I,
proceed al once against them would Ger
fanlv precipitate conflict with France
The Italians did not lack faith Aftc
the defeat OF the French armies of Sedan
the Italians captured Rome on Scptcn,
ber 20. 1870 and proclaimed II the capita
Of Italy Thus the aspirations of /
centuries were al last realized and IN tn
} words Of Napoleon Italy. with Rome a
IT'S capitai Is deHtneu 10 DC great hd
: ton
Today Italy 5 sacred soil has again hee
laid waste. it's cathedral and art treasure
: destroyed, her women violated br tn
brutal Austrian, who has the lmpudenc6
now that allied victory IS assured, to az
peal in he name Of humanity for ces
sation of hostilites. Let every patriot
American be aware Of Teutonic dupl.cit
and hypocrisy History has lumlnousl
shown that the vassal Of Germany is
. worthy descendant Of Attila If Austri
, is sincere let ler cvacuate Italian tcl
ritory and return Trieste, Trcnto and III
| Dalmatian coast to Italy, To which IT law
/ fully belongs.
> italy has not vet been made unit
| italia Irrendenta' has been hberate
from the austrian autocracy and brougf
under the sceptre of democracy.