Show An Ecjnalibrlnm in Italian Finance HOME Nov 9 Marquis di Iludini ItalIan Ital-ian premicr today delivered a long speech f at Milan Part of his speech was devoted to the financial situation of the government govern-ment During the course of his remarks he announced a complete equilibrium had been established in the budget Not only wore the estimated receipts fully equal to the expenditures but even a small surplus in the receipts might be expected In his allusion to the Vatican Rudini said Wo have in our midst the papacy which sometimes assumes a threatening attitude but its sphere of action is limitea to the exercise of spiritual powers not only by law which cannot be lightly contravened con-travened but also by the almost unanimous unani-mous consent of thoso who thought them selveq most religious The countrys ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical policy has now become traditional tradi-tional The honor and strength of the kingdom of Italy must be scrupulously maintained Deplorable incidents produced pro-duced by a few shortsighted persons will not make us deviate from that policy Strong in the present and confident in the future wo fearlessly guarantee the fullest liberty in Rome Rudinis remarks concerning tho papacy produced a bad impression at the Vatican a programme tending to make the Pope only the first subject of the King The Pope will prepare a sharp noto in reply |