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Show NEW MAYOR OF ROME y I Ernest Nathan, tho now mayor of Rome, Is yi39wK an Israelite by descent, English by birth nnd edu-scs-g) cation, in religion Jewish, Freemason by nllllla-ggAf, nllllla-ggAf, i i tIon Journalist by profession and In politics a fmjZzfci, " I staunch adherent of Unlt6d Italy. For most of WSmi 'V?JiiEl' these reasons ho Is persona non grata to tho Iwrf Vatican, and tho Ossorvatoro Romano, tho prln- 'wJ I clpal orBan of tno Vatican, declares his election 'j JSjSh an ln(lol,ul Btaln UDon tho Eternal City. Nnthan )tri MmSm received his first lessons In Itnlian politics from 4J5-W Mnsslnl, who spent tho last years of his Ufa In J&fcty&lSS tllu Nntnan home, carefully nursed by tho mothor kulK ot tl10 now mnJron Inspired by tho old mnn's 3 vz4fl accounts of tho strugglo for Italian unity, Nathan KPJ S warmly espoused tho samo cause. rf. 1 in tho troublous times tho Nnthan family had gono to llvo In England, and It was thoro thnt Ernost Nathan was born. Ho was educated In Oxford university, but when tho family returned to Italy ho spoko hotter Italian than tho vast majority of his compatriots, for. tho languago ho spoko was tho written languago of Italy, tho languago of tho great writers, and not tho mongrel dialects spoken In do mnny parts of tho country to-day. Nathan becamo proprietor of tho liberal organ Dovero, and used to lecturo at times. Tho king heard him nnd warmly thanked him. Ho has sovoral times been called into consultation on national topics by tho king, and his hand Is seen In tho now scheme for tho unification of national tax-atlon tax-atlon In tho ponlnsula, and tho steps that hnvo been taken to lessen tho agricultural burdens of tho south. Ho made rapid advancement in tho Masonic Ma-sonic order and soon becamo grand master of Italy. Tho clerical party in tho city council of Rome, by their policy of Btandlng together In every emergency, had exorcised a grentor influenco than their numbers warranted, and to offset that combination all tho othor parties com bined. Tho result was tho election of Nathnn, by a voto of CO to 12, tho mayor belng elected by tho aldermen and not by tho people. |