The centenary of Cavour was celebrated throughout Italy on Wednesday,
and at Turin the Premier, Signor Luzzatti, delivered an admirable address before a great gathering, which included the King, the Royal Princes, and all the Ministers. Comparing the diffieulties of other great makers of modern Europe with those which beset Cavour'e path, Signor Luzzatti showed how British statesmen had to deal with a nation which had long enjoyed political liberty, while Bismarck had eighteen millions of Prussians and the army of Moltke behind him. Continuing his parallel, Signor Luzzatti noted this essential difference in the task of Cavour and Bismarck. Italy was created by liberty, Germany by authority. "Bismarck exercised a dictator- ship on the authority of his King, Cavour by consent of the nation." Signor Luzzatti dwelt eloquently on the versatility of Cavour, who was great alike as economist, administrator, orator, negotiator, and publicist. In con- clusion, Signor Lueeatti declared that although Cavour was unable to accompany the King to Rome after proclaiming it the new capital, and had only a glimpse of the promised land, "his words and work bore the impress of Roman great- ness, and it was with Roman greatness that he predicted in 1861 the manner in which Italy would enter into and dwell in her capitaL" The speech, which was loudly applauded, was a worthy tribute to a great national hero, whose political genius is recognised as fully in England as in his native country.
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