The Italian Government is anxious to make it known that
the visit of the German Emperor to Rome means peace in Europe, and not war. Signor Crispi, Premier, Foreign Minister, and Minister of the Interior, on the 10th inst. admitted the correspondent of the Telegraph to an interview, in which he stated that "what Italy wants is what I want, and that is peace,—once, twice, and thrice, peace !" If in recent dis- cussions with France—on Massowah, for instance—suscepti- bility had been shown, it was from a belief that France intended to humiliate Italy ; and "every nation, great and small, was bound to vindicate its independence and keep up its self-respect, as well as to make itself respected by its neighbours." "Must we accept slights smilingly ?" As regards England, Signor Crispi believed Italy, "which could now send out of Italy 500,000 excellent soldiers," could do much for her, while England, as the first naval Power in the world, could do much for Italy in the Mediterranean. Re believed the visit of the Emperor to Rome, and the general pleasure at his public recognition of that city as her capital. had strengthened the alliance between Italy and Germany. That is all perfectly right; but all the same, it is just when a man feels the necessity of making himself " respected "— always a euphuism for "feared "—that he gets into quarrels.
