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Show Till: 1'iJl'I.N ll.Mllllttl. I'AtUII. ON the 20th of Hrltembcr, 15;i), the Italian truuiK entered the city of Home. Ua that day the temuml lower of the Tope was overthrown anl Victor llnianuel became ICIngof united Knly. The twent).flril anniversary anni-versary of thli event wat celebrated lu New York City about a week ago. Heecii thousand Italians, re resenting tlxty-elght sue letles, marched lu pro-ceeslouto pro-ceeslouto commemorate the diy, Tho Italian flag waved from Ihu city hall, The Hall sin of tie city In general observed tho ovont as a holiday In Hrooklyn and other cities similar cele brattons occurred. In I.ondon, Kngland, tho occasion was also observod by the Homaii poiu. latlon of that city, The Cathollo churches, however, did not engsgelu anything llko festivity; neither did they, as on other occasions, make It one of sorrow and mourning. In the city of Itomoltsslf there are two parties, one against the ia4l tern- oral owtr and ono for It. lloth are strong, but the majority of the jn-opto aro In favor of a united Italy. The an nlversary i-assed oil lu tint city without with-out much of a demonstration on either side. The roegavo audleuce to a band of French working men who were 011 a pilgrimage to the "eternal clly." tin this occasion Iho ceremony of kitting the foot of hit holluett wai observed. This part of Ihe proceeding! wat severely severe-ly criticised by tho Itomau Itadlcals. They slsted thai whllo nobles aud men of wealth were given the hand to kiss, the working men were compelled to salute Ihe foot. This Ihe Itadlcals comflalned of as discrimination, and exhorted tho working men to refrain from kissing altogether unless tho rich and poor i re treated alike. In Juxtaposition to the rejoicing at theoverthrow of the temjKiral uwerls another element seeking to restore Jl. At the Cathollo congress held In Utr-tuauy Utr-tuauy a few weeks ago a strong demand was made for Ha restoration. Ills claimed that tho 1'opo li held a prisoner at the Vatican, and that Iho faithful all the world over are Insulted by Ihe procedure of the Italian King. Ills alto .stated that an aggressive agltatUm will bo Instituted lu all the Cathollo countries of Kuroi-a for the restoration of the temporal power. I n view of the fact that the majority of the Italian oplo aro opposed to II, this proceeding 011 the part of German or American Catholics would bit equivalent equiv-alent to lolltlcal dictation. Hcsldes, It seems grossly absurd to think that a form of er which In the middle ages was barely ostlblo could be restored re-stored In our time. |