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CHASTISER OF CAPITALISTS
Y T
ICTOH EMMANUEL III, tlio ,scholnr
and student among present-day mon
archs, the sovorolgn of quiet family
life, when tlio call to war sou'f.dod,
bceamo nt onco tlio Hrst soldier among
Italian soldiers, says the Mllwnukco
ifaontlnol. With a unanimity of santlmont more
Icomploto than at any time In u generation the
iintion rallied around tlio king as the bearer of
jtho national flag. Socialists, liberals and repub
licans not only forgot their special doctrines and
tonots, but vied with one another In becoming
inoro loyalist than tho monarchlcai followers
thonisolyos.
A first natural tendency was to exaggerate,
with a wealth of detail moro or less Important,
tho simplicity and democratic character of tho
king's liro at tho front. A llttlo of this, however,
kocb a long way and tho Italian press has boon
prompt in putting a stop to tho multiplying of
llttlo homoly tales which aro llablo to carry
with them an olomont of triviality.
A few lottors from soldiers to '.hoir famillos
BUfllco to glvo all tho information of this kind
about tho king's dally Ufa that is conBldorod
Important to bo known, b on insistence upon
them might naturally lead to the Inforonco that
In this form of existence is comprised tho mon
arch's ontlro activities with tho army. Such a
letter is tho following, from Prlvato Francesco
Henegoto, addrosscd to hie father:
"I recently found mysolf near tho king, in an
obsorvatory which I had holpod to build. As
nglla as a haro, ho movod around from one cor
ner tO'anothor, 1 assure you that ho is exceed
ingly bravo. Ho ate lunch with us and divided
Ills portion of ham and cheeso with us and after
ward gavo, us four 'Toscano' clgnm and spoko
with un as if ha had been hlmsolf a slmplo sol
dior, asking ub many questions" This prlvato
stalled to note in his lottor tho fact that ho was
ono of a company who had distinguished thorn
solves by a brilliant achlovomont which was im
portant In tlio day's military operations and that
If ho and tils companions had been signally hon
ored by tho king, it was not bocauso tho lattor
mingles on all occasions moro or less familiarly
"with his privates, but as rocompenso and oncour
agomont for duty well porformed.
Tho king himself Is a soldier and Is consultod
by General Cadorna, tho chief of staff, on ovory
movomont of importance and regarding tho dally
lino of endeavor, but ho loaves to tho command
ors tho performance of their various functions,
and tho stories told, In a mistaken zeal of ox
uggcratod loyalty, by somo correspondents re
garding tlio actual diroctlon of artillery tiro or
infantry tnovomcnts by tho king hlmsolf aro
protested against by all serious persons as de
feating their purpoBo, besides bolng literally In
correct Tho proBS of Italy tdday dwells only on such
incltlonto as may bo considered symbolic, such
as tho ovent narratod In a letter by Soldier
Franco Tumlnollt when ho wrote:
The King's .Presence Cures.
"Of much influonco on tho minds or our sol
diers 1b tho prosonco of our beloved king, and In
thlB regard 1 wish to toll you tho Incident that
happened to a sorgcant of artillery named Vln
cenzo Snnltra, a natlvo of Vullolungn. This poor
fellow, after lighting for a long tlrao, wub sovoro
ly wounded In tho arm and was found by the nni
bulanco corps In an unconscious condition. When
lio recovered his senses wo observed with dis
tress that ho had bocomo dumb and that ho had
lost tho power of spcoch,
"It happened that at that moment our sov
ereign was In tho neighborhood and, learning of
the sad enso, he hastened with his customary
paternal solicitude to tlio bcdsldo of the injured
man. So great was the emotion experienced by
tho soldier at tho sight of the king that apooch
uuddenly returned to him nnd ho was freo from
tho nervous crisis thnt had been brought on by
tho sudden terror ho had felt on (hiding that ho
was wounded and risked falling Into tho bands
ot tlio enemy as u prlsonor.
"The flrBt cry that issued from his lips was,
'Long live ltaiyl Long live our bolovcd king!'
Tho sororolgn, touched by the words, patted tho
z flffl
Victor Em
manuel III
of Italy Is
a Scholar,
Student
and Family
Man, But
When the
Call t o War
Sounded
He Became
at Once an
Active Sol
dier in the
Field.
soldlor on tho ueatl and said; 'My
bravo boy, you aro a true Italian.' "
Victor Emninnuol comes well by
his martial qualities. Scion of tho
proud dynnsty or Savoy and grand
sen of thnt doughty warrior, King
Victor Emmanuel II, ho was born
In Naples on November 11, 18C9.
and boro tho tltlo of prince of Nn.
pies till his nccesBlon to, the throno
on July 29, 1900. Married in Rome
on October 24, 189G, to Princess
Holon of Montenegro, ho becamu
tho father of four children Prin
coBSyYolandn, bom in 1901; Prlu
cess Mafalda. born In 1902; Prinra
Humbort, holr to tho throne, born on Soptomber
15, 1904, and Princess Giovanna, born In 1907.
Tho then prlnco or Naples ontored tho Italian
array In 1887 as sublloutonant; ho became colonel
In 1890, major gcnoral two years lator, lloutenant
gonornl In 1894 nnd general In commnnd of tho
k forcos at Naples In 1897.
King Victor Emmanuol Ib honorary doctor ot
laws or the universities or Oxford and Pennsyl
vania, honorary commander In sovoral foreign
armies, a Knight of tho Garter and an authority
on numismatics. A volumo publlihe' by hlra on
this subjoct was recently crownod by tlio Institute
or Franco. '
An exceptionally happy Incident, which hns
mado its duo Impression on n pooplo or such
nrtistlc tastes ns tho Italians, was tho recent dis
covery, or, rather, rodlscovory, or a war lyric by
ono of Italy's great poets, which Is bolng adopted
as appositely made for tho presont struggle.
Whon Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia had under
taken tho redemption or Italian provinces, over
hair a contury ago, GIobuo Carduccl had com
posed a noblo poora, with tho tltlo "To tho King
A National Song," By somo strnngo fato It was
nogloctcd and. then forgotten.
Its ovory lino Is today appropriate to tho work
of redemption of Italian provlncos undertaken by
Victor Emmanuol III.
War Fixes the Nation's Attention.
Tho king's namo should not bo bandied about,
Is tho declaration of an Italian wrltor, mado in
tho Trlbunn. Tho marvols of activity, or courago,
of abnegation, or horolc nnd smiling rathorllnoss
shown by King Victor Emmanuel, saya this writer,
nmrvols constantly ronowod and constantly ris
ing to heights unnttatned by others, have now bo
como like tho purii air ono breathos and tho puro
sky ono contemplates for tho calming ot rears
and tho exaltation of tho spirit. It Is Impossible
to succood In giving ndequato account of them
nnd It Is dangorous to weave a crown or anec
dotes. Somo might bo led to form a mental plcturo
of tho king through an nnocdoto which should not
nnd cannot bo regarded otlterwlso than as a
symbol.
Lot ub bow reverently, ho says; lot us not try
to build up images that would only bo Inferiori
ties, that would Bound as profanations. Lot us
keep In our hoart with regard to tlio king a re
ligious suiiBO, a inyatlo fooling.
In a correspondence from tho front a noted
French writer, Mr. Joan Carroro, after describing
tho king's llfo In tho Hold, dwolls upon tho do
groo to which Victor Emmanuol has becomo popu
lar with his army and his people
Doforo tho war, ho says, Victor Emmanuel was
profoundly roBpocted by all. admired by thoso who
had tho honor to approach him, bolovcd by thoso
around him, but, porhaps, in tho preclso and
broador sonso of tho word, ho was not absolutely
popular This, bo It remarked, for reasons which
aro profoundly to the honor of tho mnnnrrh
order to bo populnr In tho tlmo of pcaco a sov
erolgn must have certain externnl fnrmn nt or
uboranco, a cortnln predilection for pomp and
show and, ir ono may adopted a modem term, a
cortaln capacity for "bluuV All theso wore re
pugnunt to tho straightforward. Blnccro and to
somo extent doniocrntlo naturo or tho king or
Itnly. Ho would certainly novor hnvo consented
to lond hlmsolf to any of thoso displays and
theatricalities by which certain other sovereigns
loved to put themselves In evidence
In
Leads the Simple, Laborious Life.
In Italy, whore all aro so Intimately slmplo,
whero domestic life is a passion, it pleased him,
tho first or the nation's nobles, to lead tho slmplo,
laborious llfo or a great bourgeois and to givo
tho example or the domestic virtues, and yet
theso qualltlos,, however appreciable In normal
times, had, so to say, tho inconvenience or not
bolng vlsiblo rrom near at hand and ot mak
ing no sensational Impression on tho judgmont or
tho crowd, which is always rond or a certain
amount or tho theatrical. Scarcely had tho groat
upheaval or tho war como to call rorth from tho
dopths or the popular soul all tho great qualities
that woro thero latent than Italy in its ontlroty
drew ltsoir up bororo its now destiny aud then,
all or a sudden, tho people remarked in their
king tho most vital qualltlos or Italy Itself and
recognized In him their truo loader.
This king, to whom the most captious critics
could only reproach a certain want of military
display, nt onco mado tho finest of all displays
shlno around him, namely, that of courago, of
royal love for the peoplo and tho army, of in
tropldlty In tho presonco or danger, or kindness
for tho woes of the humble. That chivalrous
prostlgo which wars and great human crlseB
causo to Irradlato around tho truly noblo souls,
irradiates now around Victor Emmanuol. Ho
has proved today that tho best means of bo
lng a popular king in a groat country is to show
that ono desorves it.
Private communications aro not hold directly
with tho king, even at tho front, but through tho
Intermediary of his staff.
On certain more important occasions Count
Cadorna, the generalissimo, is tho medium. Thon
nn opportunity may bo accorded tho public to
road as interesting a lottor az tho following, from
Gcnoral Cadorna to the editor of tho Idea Nazi
onalo, who had written to nnnounco tho offer ot
50,000 liro ($10,000), mado by a Mr. Clorlcl, for
distribution among tho soldiers who may cap
turo tho first Austrian flags. Tho Italian com
mandor wrote:
A Letter From the Chief.
"I have had Mr. Clerlci's r,enorous anr patriotic
offer communicated to tho troops under my com
mand. In my r.amo and in tholrs I bog you to
express to tho donor our gratltudo tor tho rauniil
cent net. a now proot of tho admlrablo rivalry
throughout th country by all classes, from tho
most conspicuous to ,tho most humblo, In en
veloping the army with Rumo ot affection and
conlldenco, the army which, with Italy in its hoart,
offers overy day with sorono Joy tho example of
tho mo3t olovntcd spirit of sacrifice 1 am person
ally grateful to you for your noblo and flattering
sentiments and for your good wishes, which I ro
turn In tho namo ot our bravo soldiers.
"Slgnor Clericl could not hnvo chosen a moro
worthy mossenger than you, whoso untiring work
as n militant apostlo contributed so much to
hasteu tho hour ot national awakening nud vindi
cation of rights, through which tho dream,
slghod for by our fathors, Ib about to bo trans
rormed, by tho rorco or nrms and or national vir
tues. Into n radiant roallty."
Probably more than any other array today tho
Italians aro spurred on by a bnttlo cry, tho word
"Sa'oIa," Savoy. It is tho dynnstic namo of tho
royal hou& and in uttorlng it tho soldier thinks
of his beloved king, of Vlttorio Emanuolo dl Casa
Suvola.
Frank P. Walsh, as chairman of
tho federal Industrial relations com
mission, mado tho country sit up nnd
take notlco by his verbal chastisement
of capitalists. Persons who llko
radical utterances applauded him as
a man of fearless courage Other
folk of tho moro conservative sort
woro horrified, and called him an agi
tating demagogue and troublc-makor.
Mr. Walsh, who comes from Kan
sas City, Mo was appointed as ono
of tho three representatives of the
public, the other two groups in the
commission representing tho employ
ora and tho employees. Walsh wbb
tho only one who Jumped out of his
clnss in the findings ot tho commis
sion. Ho stood with tho three labor
members in tho main report or tho
commission assailing capitalism.
Although Walsh went with tho la
bor men, ho is not numbered with tho
proletariat in Kansas City. He owns
and lives in ono or tho finest houses
In tho city. Ho had a law practice that earned him $50,000 a year, which
he gavo up temporarily to head tho commission at $10 a day and expenses.
Ho Is flfty-tWo years old, but looks ten years younger. Ho Is married
and has eight children. Ho began work as a district messengor boy In Kan
nns City at tho age or ten. Then ho studied stenography, and at twenty-ono
was a court stenographer. Four years later ho was admitted to the bar.
ARCTIC CIRCLE SENATOR
Frank A. Aldrlch Is a hardy man,
and ho needs to bo In order to fulfill
his public duties. For Mr. Aldrlch
Is a member of the upper house of the
legislature of Alaska, and when the
lawmakers of the territory aro called
In session ho girds up his loins, packs
his dog sledges and sets out on a trip
from the Arctic circlo that la3ts thirty-
eight days. Thirty-three of theso days
nro spent traveling on a sledge
uown here tins seems llko a
hardy adventure, but in Alaska the
Inhabitants do not think it anything
out of the ordinary, and Senator Ald
rlch has had a life training that makes
him look on It as rather trival. In
deed, when ho was In Now York re
cently for tho first tlmo he Intimated
that a slcdgo journoy of hundreds of
miles over the snowy wastes was noth
ing to compare with a trip across
Fffth avenuo through tho streams of
automobllos.
Senator Aldrlch was born, In Fort
Wayne, Ind., flfty-dlght years ago, and at the ace of nineteen ho loined Gen-
oral Terry's command on the Yellowstone rlvor during tho Indian campaign
Ot 187C Ho was driving a six-mule government team In Terry's division in
Montana at tho time of tho Custer massacre. Tho next year he was with
rten. Nelson A. Miles in tho Noz Forces expedition, in which Chief Joseph
Vas captured. In 1870 ho began prospecting for gold, and has pursued tho
oareer or a miner over since. He was elected to tho Alaska legislature in
1913.
NEW CHINESE MINISTER
Hundreds or young men and wom
en scattered throughout tho United
States remember their young Colum
bia university friend, V. K. Wellington
Koo. It hasn't been so many months
since ho graduated with them and
went homo to China. Should thoy
desire to boo Doctbr Koo now, they
will find him minister to the United
States, at tho Chinese embassy in
Washington.
Doctor Koo is Just thirty years
old. To him has been intrusted tho
destiny or China in its relation to tho
western world. Ho has dedicated liis
lire to "savo China as a nation from
being dismembered and swallowed up
in tho maelstrom of tho European
war."
Doctor Koo was popular at Colum
bia, a leader In student activities,
editor or tho college paper, and active
in athletic and literary groups. Doctor
Koo has grown a trifle moro sedato
Blnce his diplomatic duties have been
put upon him. Ho is hailed by Prof. John Bassott Moore and othor enthusi
astic Amoricnn friends as "a most brilliant Btudent of international law,
comparablo to tho prodigies of a century ago William Pitt, Fox and Alox
under Hamilton."
WOULD TAX RICH HEIRS
3
Senator Norris of Nebraska Bays
he intends to introduce In the sennto f
a bill providing ror a graduated tax
I'M Inheritances.
"An lnhorltanco tax," Senator Nor
ris says, "would not take from any
Irian a single dollar ho had dono any
thing toward earning. It would, In
fhet, tnko only a part of tho property
that tho legislatures of tho states or
of tho Nation have a right, if they
noo fit, to take away entirely.
"I do not boll67o any Injustice can
camo from taking away a portion of
nn inheritance from a man who has
dono nothing whatovor toward Its ac
quisition. It is taking something that
tie has not produced. Tho particular
provisions I proposo will loavo enough,
without any serious taxation, to keep
him nnd all his friends and family in
absolute luxury during nil their lives."
Mr. Norris proposes to tax all in
heritances, direct nnd collateral, in
excess of $50,000. Tho rate ho pro
poses Is 1 per cent on tho first $50,000 abovo thooxemption, 2 per cent on tho
next $100,000, 3 per cent on tho next $100,000, 4 per cent on tho next $100,000,
b por cont on tho next $100,000, V per cont on tho next $500,000, 10 per cent on tho
noxt $1,000,000, 15 por cent on tho noxt $2,000,000, 20 por cent on the noxt
$5,000,000, 30 por cont on tho noxt $10,00U,U00, (5 por cont on tho noxt $15,
000,000, CO por cont on tho noxt $lU,(JUO,00U, aud 75 per cont on all over $50.-"
000,000. ''
