The visit of the German Crown Prince and Princess to
Rome was honoured by a State banquet at the Quirinal on Thursday week. In the course of his speech, which was delivered in Italian, King -Victor Emmanuel said : " After the great events intimately bound up with each other in which Italian unity and German unity had their origin, an inter- national situation arose which, by the efficient co-operation of the Triple Alliance, insured and insures to Europe a long period of peace.". The Crown Prince, speaking in German. reminded the King of the meeting at Milan between William L of Prussia and King Victor Emmanuel II. in 1875, and repeated the words of William L, that two nations which had won their unity in similar fashion after long struggles must always be friends. The visit has passed off quite successfully, but no doubt more pleasure and animation would have been noticeable if the German Emperor himself had visited Rome in this auspicious year in which Italy celebrates the fiftieth year of national unity.
