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Show pleaso but a woman's Intrigue decides the iato of a statesman In the last instance. in-stance. It was ever thus. It is but a few weeks ago since the Italian premier won the most unqualified unquali-fied victory at the polls and it was supposed sup-posed that with this endorsement his position was secure for a long time to come. Indeed no other statesman in Europe wielded so great an inlluence. All at once and in the zenith of Crispi's power a woman, the queeu, appears, and as in Bismarck' case, threatens to cut short the opioial career of the premier. pre-mier. So the epplt) iu'y vote aa they |