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Show ITALY'S CRISIS. Pabllo Elen Say It Is the Most Dangeron Since tl.e Existence of the Kingdom. Tha news from Italy this week has been each day worse than the last. Si-gnor Si-gnor Villari, many times a cabinet minister minis-ter and a powerful leader, publishes a remarkable article in Rome appealing to the king to save the country from the most dangerous crisis since the existence of the kingdom by proclaiming a dictatorship dicta-torship whici 6hall pnt an end to powerless power-less parliamentarism. Nothing else, he declares, will avert the triumph of revolutionary revo-lutionary socialism which will destroy existing institutions. The article has won the approval of many conservative persons, and even the selection of a dictator dic-tator is being discussed. He would be Signor Crispi or some general. Crispi fa quoted as saying to his friends that his hour is not yet come, but when an appeal is made he will be ready. The government dare not reduce the army for domestic as well aa international interna-tional reasons. The" situation in Sicily is as threatening as ever, and there is no telling at what moment the large force now there will be required to suppress a rebellion at home. The forces are being prepared for such an emergency, but there are grave doubts whether any body . of troops would obey an order to fire upon their rebellious countrymen. The government is undoubtedly cherishing strong hopes of the naval co-operation of Great Britain in any emergency. New York Sun's European Letter. |