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Show The King of Italy pardons tho riotous officers of the Chicago, which is a, courtesy thnt will no doubt he np-pierlated, np-pierlated, but It is n. question whether It is not a mistaken clemency. Naval officers should not need to have such action taken In their behalf They nre supposed to be nbovo Indulgence In rlota nnd destruction of property, and It I a humiliation to tho Nation to have to nrcept ns p favor tho pardon of them for such acts. It Is all the more galling since Itnllnn newspapers tefer In this connection to the Unchlng of Italian In thl country ns n ren-son ren-son for more rigor toward those officers In tha long run It will prnhibly prove that It would hnvo been belter If they had been made to serve their sentenre. not only for the country, but for themselves. |