William James Stillman

Francesco Crispi: Insurgent, Exile, Revolutionist and Statesman William James Stillman

The day after Crispi had, on the death of Depretis, assumed the presidency of the Council with the portfo Hoof Foreign A ffairs, I found myself climbing the slope which leads to the Consulta, the palace of Foreign A ffairs, in company with the Editor of the X, one of the Roman journals of the Left, a journalist whom I had known for years, and who was one of my colleagues in the Montenegrin campaigns. He was full of faith in Crispi and his own paper as the official organ of the new order of things. I will guarantee that in six weeks the Xwill be the official organ, said the Editor, my friend. He had his audience a short one and then came my turn. What I had to say, beside the formal congratulation over the accession, was that my chief had ordered me to learn the Mediterranean policy of the new ministry in order that we might support it. I delivered my message, and waited.
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