The Triple Alliance is evidently unpopular in Italy with the
Extreme Left, or Republican Party, which desires a closer union with France. They recently put up Signor Colajanni to interpellate the Government on the subject ; but the President of the Chamber, probably fearing an indiscreet debate, gave the preference to another interpellation by Admiral Brin, who approves the Alliance. His decision gave rise on the 27th and 28th ult. to violent scenes in the Roman Chamber, during which it was at one moment feared the parties would come to blows. All other parties, however, enthusiastically welcomed the Marquis Rudini's announce- ment that the Affiance had been renewed ; and the scene ended without result, except to deepen the impression that foreign policy is better left to the King. The Italian people are usually cool, and a little over-adroit, in their foreign policy ; but the Chamber is every now and then carried away by gusts of passion apparently less controllable than in any Chamber in the world. One of them swept away Signor Crispi, who has disappeared out of the stream of political affairs, and left no ripple on the water.
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