GENERAL GARIBALDI.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 91, 20 April 1915, Page 8

GENERAL GARIBALDI.

"ITALY WILL JOIN." With the cheeriest of smiles and a cordial shake of the hand. General Garibaldi welcomed a representative of the London "Daily Telegraph.'' "Italy will join you—and before long. Von may give tint as my firm and unalterable conviction. Otherwise there will be a revolution in tlie country. Events will move upon my return. At present there are about 61)0,01)0 men mobilised. You must not believe some of the exaggerated statements on the subject, -Now I am going to say something that will surprise von. "You in England have no idea oi what took place in Italy at the beginning of the war. The Government might easily have been trapped by the wiles of Germany. 15m, the Salandra Ministry was wise enough to know that the popub.ee would have revolted. The extreme Liberal party, beaded by the Garibaldians, were prepared to take strong action in the matter—that is a discreet way of putting it. 1 assure you ever since war was declared I have been working bard to keep the p 00,,!- from rising. Our hatred of Germany is, of course, well known." The general's wile—who is an English lady—produced a medal made o) ~ piece.of cannon taken from the Turks in Greece, where she served as a Red Cross nurse. A streak of red on the ribbon indicated that she had been under fire, and the lady enjoys the tonic- of a wholesome pride in that little line of significant color. Amongst her other treasured possessions are a Red Gross medal, "grado superiore,"

and a medical of the Ambulan/.a Garibaldina.

Then the irresponsible instinct of the mother came uppermost. With a firm effort to conceal her emotion she brought out two photographs. "These are my two sons killed in the warit was a terrible sacrifice. Look at this one; see his tine strong face.. He would have done much for Italy. The other was a clever mechanic, and has [eft behind him some useful inventions. He Was a beautiful tenor singer, and his awful fate was to be shot tlirough the throat which gave forth the sweet notes.'* In tones of consolation the general pleaded that they had paid the heavy toll in a good cause. "Yes." agreed the mother, "our loss must be home philosophically." She who had tended the sick. the wounded, and the dying, was acquainted with grief, and knew how to bear it courageously. Her son's red shirt will be preserved and placed in a museum at Home.