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VOLUME IT NO 14
ITALY'S "MANIFEST DESTINY"
AFTER A CENTURY OF STRUGGLE
WHAT THE FEELING OF THE PLOPLE IS AGAINST AUSTRIA. LONG
THE OPPRESSOR AND STILL THE POSSESSOR OF
TERRITORY ORIGINALLY ITALIAN
"From the Philadelphia Public
Ledger."
To understand the Italian situa
tion it is not necessary to recall all
the many political rearrange
ments that have happened since
the Congress at Vienna, in 1845.
with Metiernich, Talleyrand and
Castlereagh, typical vultures of
the oldj school of back stairs di
plomacy, in charge, parceled out
the countries of Europe with small
regard for racial, religious and na
tional hopes and aspirations,
since, so far as Italy goes, one
thing alone may be considered —
the ineradicable passion of the
Italian people for their hearth and
their home, their tongue and their
traditions, and for its glorious
"place in the sun!"
The flame of national pride,
which, like an eternal fire, has ne
ver been quenched, though it may
have smoldered, is the one great
thing running through a hundred
years of history marked by blood
and cruelty and days of dark de
spair that not only made possible
the Kingdom of Italy in the '6os,
but today brings it about that the
people and the nation are deter
mined that their "destiny" shall
at last be realized There is no
huckstering in Italy's demands of
territory from Austria; she seeks
the spoils taken from her by the
hereditary enemy.
And if Francis Joseph, now in
his 85th year, rejects the proposi
tion, what else can be expected of
a ruler, who, in his teens as a king
let, had his baptism of blood at
the Battle of Novara, March 23.
1849, which crushed the Italians,
and who was a friend of General
Ilaynau, the butcher of Brescia,
approved of the massacre in the
Quadrilateral in Lombary which
dashed for a time all hopes for
freedom in northern Italy and left
the border provinces at the cruel
mercy of the Austrian for ten
years more.
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With the memories of what the
treachery of July, 1859, meant,
when Louis Napoleon, victorious
at Magenta and Solferino, settled
with Austria and deprived his It
alian Allies of those territories in
the Tyrolean Alps and at the head
of the Adriatic, which are rightly
Italy's, still poignant, it is no won
der that the Italians see again in
the experience of Belgium the old,
horrible story of exile, imprison
ment and death familiar to the
Valley of the Po, and have resist
ed all the blandishments of Berlin
and all the promises of the impe
rial war lord, and are implacable
on the subject of their "true posi
tion in the war", and their place
as the mistress of the Mediterran
ean.
It could not be otherwise. A peo
ple who cannot hear the lament of
"Aida" in the third act of the
opera: "0 patria mia, mia piu',
mai piu', ti rivedro" (0 my Fath
erland, never more, never more,
shall I see you) without being
moved to tears and to passionate
outbursts, which outbursts of the
'7os were simply a repetition of
the emotions of their grandfath
ers, who in the early twenties
eould only express their patriotism
by applauding the word "liberta"
(liberty) in "Norma" and "Elisir
d'Amore", which the Austrian
censor finally deleted or changed
to "lealta" (loyalty); or the emo
tions of their fathers, who express
ed a later and more hopeful pat
riotism through' Verdi's later op
eras, using indeed the phrase, "Vi
va Verdi" (long live Verdi), for
a much more significant sentiment
"Viva Vittorio Eman. Re d'lta
lia" (Long live Victor Emanuel.
King of Italy, the initial letters
being the same.
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And, as everyone who has been
in Italy knows full well, the hate
for the Austrian is undying, the
contempt for the German univer
sal. The Triple Alliance has no
hold in the affections of the peo
ple, let politicians approve it who
may, and their anti-German atti
tude has been little concealed
these past ten years and has had
even a humorous aspect. For years
fs miliar only with the German of
the student type, who did Italy on
foot or with the pilgrims, equally
poor of purse, even if they came
third class, when, within the last
few years, the rich Berliners flock
ed all over Italy and set up their
colonies from Como to Capri, the
Italians took their money, but
with a shrug of their shoulders,
turned to their beloved English
and Americans and referred every
caprice of rudeness to one univer
sal cause "maniera Tedesca"
(German manner). And then as
the German tourist traffic grew
they acquired a new hate, since
American and English tourists are
notoriously indifferent about the
value of a lira (20 cents)), while
the Germans knew exactly how
much was in the mark (25 cents),
and in Italy demanded full return
for every whit of a lira down to
the most minute centesimo, and
haggled over every bill, and called
the Italians "robbers"!
And so the German invasion
while it brought more money, also
brought rancor, and, tell it not in
local option circles, beer and more
rancor over the beer. For the Ital
ians, very abstemious and whose
cheap local wines have little alco
hol in them, were suddenly con
fronted not with their pleasant
old southern pagan deities of the
vineyard and vintage, but with the
northern huge deity, Gambrinus
From Milan to Naples the Cafe
Gambrinus intruded upon the prin
cipal piazza, a brewery was the
biggest thing in Venice, and tem
perance societies in Italy denounc
ed the Teuton and all his brew, be
ing virtuous and patriotic all in
one. Moreover Krupp, the great
Krupp, known to the world as a
great captain of industry, was
known to the Italians in Capri as a
sybarite, "lolling in the sun and
inviting his ease" in his gorgeous
villa, which was suspeeted of hav
ing brought back the Roman or
gies of a Caligola or a Heliogaba
lus.
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Consequently there has been no
attempt at a real understanding
between the Italians and the Ger
man people generally, while th*
.Austrian question has grown even
more than bitter, and, if the Ital
ian statesmen tired to turn the
tide, the long line of martyrs to
tyranny, from the Bandiera broth
ers in the twenties to the Cairoli
in the sixties, to Garibaldi and his
"thousand", above all. to say
nothing of poets and writers from
the elder Rossetti to Gioberti.
Manzoni, Carducci, rose up to con
front them, and with inflamma-
INDIANA, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1915
WHAT ITALY HOPES TO GAIN.
Photos by American Press Association.
Shaded portions of map show Trent and Trieste, territory Italy wants of Austria. Specimen of Italian sol-
dier is seen on left and Austrian artilleryman on right
Tory phrases the present was tied
up with the past and the woes of
the "Italia irredenta" (unredeem
ed Italy, the portions still held by
Austria) presented before all eyes
And when everything else failed
Manoli's poem of 1848, "Brothers
of Italy, Awake from Your
Sleep", was recited, and the rally
ing cry of the Revolution of 1848
repeated, "L'ltalia fara' da se"
(Italy will look out for itself), or
the later and more famous poem
of Mercantini, the Garibaldian
hymn of 1858, sung and declaimed
as follows:
DENIES ENDORSING NOTE
Altoona, Pa., March 31—Thos
M. Gift, a retired Altoona grocer
today received notice from the
Farmers' National Bank of Selins
grove that a note for $lOOO Rear
ing his name as indorser wetald be
due on May 5.
The note was placed in the bank
two years ago by the Rev. C. M.
Aurand, who died under mysteri
ous circumstances, and was re
newed last year. Gift declares the
note a forgery and says he never
indorsed it. He is a member of
Temple Lutheran church of which
Doctor Aurand "was pastor. The
two families were very intimate
and had planned a trip to the
Holy Land last year but were pre
vented from taking it by the war.
Jrleirs of Robert Taylor, one of
the leading members of St. Mat
thews Lutheran church, of which
Doctor Aurand was pastor, were
notified by a Selinsgrove bank
that a note bearing his name is
due. They pronounce it a forgery.
Given Penal Sentence
One Day, Freedom Next
Philadelphia, April 1 —Arthur
0. Howard, who was sentenced
yesterday to a year and one day
in the penitentiary for hi connec
tion with the fraudulent operation
of the Storey Cotton Company ;
was discharged from custody to
day after Judge Dickinson had re
considered the sentence. Howard
has served nearly six months in
prison awaiting trial in default of
bail. The prosecution did not op
pose the plea for leniency and
Judge Dickinson made the sen
tence five months and 26 days*
which have already been served.
Powder Mill Letgo
Costs Lives of Five
Alton, 111., April I—Five1 —Five men
were killed at the plant of the
Equitable Powder Company, five
miles from here, today, when an
explosion wrecked the press mill.
About 5,000 pounds of black pow
der were in the building, and the
shock of the explosion was felt in
this city.
Best stores advertise in The
Patriot.
The dead have arisen, the graves
are reft wide,
Our own beloved martyrs are all
at our side,
With swords in their hands and
their laurel crown swon,
Whilst their hearts are on fire with
Italia's name.
Begone from our Italy's borders.
ye strangers,
And free be our country from all
foreign rangers!"
"Martryrdom is never sterile",
said Mazzini, and ever since Gio
berti, eating out his heart in exile
in Brussels in 1843, wrote with a
B. R. & P. Station
Visited by Robbers
A number of Buffalo, Rochester
& Pittsburg detectives and local
police officers are hunting a gang
which made an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the station here on
Tuesday night or early Wednes
day morning.
The authorities are of the belief
that the yeggs are the same that
robbed the postoffiee at Rummel
and the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
station at Meyersdale last week.
A number of valuable clews are
said to be in the hands of the local
authorities, and a round-up of the
gang is expected soon.
The thieves broke into the wait
ing room of the B. R. & P. station
and found their way into the tic
the office impeded because of the
fact that the windows and doors
were ocked securely. Pedestrians
heard a noise in the station, and
the yeggs were frightened away
before a capture could be made or
the authorities notified.
WINDOW DISPLAYS
FOR EASTER TIME
Indiana storekeepers are busy
these days with the decorating of
their windows for Easter and some
new and novel effects have been
obtained.
One of the most beautiful dis
plays is that of Wayne Rigg & Co.
The Easter colors, white and pur
ple, are used in effective combina
tion* as a background. In the
background are seen handsome re
liefs of Singing Gallery Frieze, the
originals of which are in the Mu
seo dell' opera, del Duomo, Flor
ence and are the work of Luca del
la Robbia. In the foreground is
the statue of "Victory", by Prof.
Rauch. Then there are beautiful
displays of sterling silver, cut
glass and platinum and diamond
jewelry.
Max Lowry Killed in Pittsburg.
While crossing a street in Pitts
burg, Saturday about noon Max
Lowry, son of James A. Lowry, of
East End, Pittsburg, was struck
by an automobile and so badly in
jured that he died within a few
hours. He was aged 28 years, and
was a nephew of A. P. Lowry, of
this place.
prophetic vision his great work,
"The Moral and Civil Primacy of
the Italians", which fired all It
aly, then under the heel of despots
and was the first great trumpet
blast, or since Cavour, ip the 'sos
made Sardinia a power, there has
never been any let-up in the in
tentions of the patriots toward
Italy's great future. They have
ever realized the words of the
preacher: "Where there is no
vision, the people perish." And
they have seen the vision and pro
claimed it.
Harvey M. Watts
Rev. Sanna Leaves Indiana
To Locate in Connellsville.
The Rev. Joseph Sanna —Ser.
pastor for the Italians of Indiana,
Ernest, Lucerne and Punxsutaw
ney, has accepted the call from
the Westmoreland presbytery, un
der the United Presbyterian board
of Pittsburg, to take charge of the
new and larger field at Connells
ville, on April 1.
The Presbytery trusts that Mr.
Sauna —Ser will develop this larg'j
field, since he could not expend all
his energies in the limited and
scattered field of Indiana on ac
count of the critical conditions of
the work.
Besides the call of the Presby
tery of Westmoreland county, Mr.
Sanna—Ser has had more calls,
the first from Colorado, which ho
has eliminated on account of the
distance, and second from Vand
dergrift, which he has declined on
account of the limited Italian col
ony there.
And now he leaves, satisfied that
his successor will carry on the
work so well started for the glory
and triumph of the blessed gospel
among the Italians.
To the friends and to those who
have sympathized with his work
of high moral reform, to the "Ga
zette," "Times" and "11 Patrio
ta", which have appreciated the
work, word and pen, all his sym
pathy, thanks and best wishes art'
theirs.
Boy Scouts Elect
The Indiana Boy Scouts have
elected these officers for the ensu
ing year: Irvin Miller, leader; Jo
seph Kissinger, captain; John
Park, secretary.. Frequent hikes
through the country are to be fea
tures of the summer work.
Sheffler Comes Back.
Harry Sheffler, much wanted in
Indiana on a charge of larceny,
has been arrested in Pittsburg and
County Detective Neal went to
the Smoky city Thursday to get
the prisoner. Sheffler formerly re
sided in Indiana and while living
here is alleged to have stolen some
goods belonging to a merchant. He
disappeared from town later.
Sheffler is 6aid) to have a "pen"
record.
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ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO KII
MONTENEGRO RO YAI/FAMILY
Austrian Aviator Drops Seven
Bombs Upon Royal Palace.
Cettigne, Montenegro, April X,
Another attempt was made today
ly an Austrian aviator to destroy
the entire royal family of Monte
negro by an aerial attack. .The
aviator dropped bombs from above
the palace. None of the royal fam
ily was hurt, but one of the bombs
falling in the palace court yard,
wounded four civilians and caused
heavy damage. After his attack
the aviator escaped, flying in the
direction of Cattaro.
Glen Campbell Has $2OOOO Blaze.
Glen Campbell, April 1— Glea
Campbell was visited by a $20,000
fire Sunday night. The blaze or
iginated in the Moose lodge rooms,
spread to the opera house and the
furnishing store of W. S. Mart*,
completely destroying these struc
tures and then badly damaged the
Glen Campbell hotel, the only li
censed hotel in the county.
Marriage Licenses.
John F. McCoy Kenwood
Alice D. Stitt Cherryhill
Harvey N. Coy Gracetos
Mabel B. Loughry Graceton
Joseph Guist Latrobe
Mary Park New Stanton
Henry C. Hall Gallitzin
Lydia Zener Marchand
Davic\ McMillen South Mahoning
Laura A. Lingenfelter .Rayne tp.
Wm. F. Horrell Burrell tp.
Catherine Williams ...Burrell tp.
David M. Lydick Indiana
Nora E. Henry White tp.
AUDITORIUM.
Thursday, April Bth, a series of
high class musical comedies will
be given every day (matinee and
evening) by the Frascona Amu*
merit Company. Program chang
daily. Box seats, 25c; resei
seats 2^e.; general admission 10c.
WHAT IS GOING ON THIS EV
ENING.
Strand.
For Another Crime.
Colonial.
Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
Lyric Hall.
Rolles Skating at 7:30
Grand.
2 reel scream comedy, Fatty, Ma
bel and a Big Sea Lion.
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Star.
From a Life of Crime.
It All Depends.
The Combination.
Arbor Days Fixed
April 16 and 23 are the two days
fixed by I Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh as the spring arbor
days. School teachers and their
i pupils will have ample time to se
lect trees and arrange programs
for tree planting exercises. Many
other people will also take advan
tage of the dates to be in readi
ness.
List of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in the In-.
Diana postoffiee March 27, 1915;
W. W. Barclay, Harry Calhonn }
Irvin Cravener, Mrs. David
Mrs. Elmer Dick, Johan Dritter
rovski, Mrs. Laura Lohr, Mrs. J.
11. Mack. M. J. Madigan, Miss Bes
sie Miller, Miss K. Rummell, Mks-
Rozetta Sprowls, Mrs. Ruth Stew
ard, Miss Alma Tennant, James M.
Wray. Miss Mildred Woodward.
When inquiring for letters i
this list please state that they wer
advertised, giving date.
HARRY W. FEE, P . M.
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