THE POSITION OF ITALY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2336, 30 June 1887, Page 3

THE POSITION OF ITALY.

In the May number of the Fortnightly Review, the writer of the fifth of,the aeries of articles ■'on "The Present' Position of European Politics" discusses the position and policy of Italy. The article ends thus " There are, of course, causes of anxiety in Italy, as there are in all States at the present day. As ( treat Britain has her enormous responsibilities and her military unreadiness to meet them, as Russia has Nihilism and corruption,- as Austria has Socialism and race difficulties, as Germany has her weak military position between two first-class military Powers, as L< ranee has her traditions of financial wastefulness and the wiiut of statesmen, so Italy too,-has her difficulties.:; Of theise difficulties, wairdness* of Sicily, and of the southern provinces generally, is perhaps the greatest. I think that, on the whole, Italy has fewer dangers to I' than any other of the great Powers. lam convinced that she is making more rapid progress than any of them, with the exception, of course, of Russia, which has the advantage of being, territorially considered; almost a , second United States. A vast advance has been made of late in education, in manufacturers, and by the suppression of brigandage, and, while a; great deal remains to be done, more has been donfe in Italy in the last 1(> years than is generally acknowledged or believed."