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Show ft ITALY ACTS AS A PEACEMAKER Issues a Semi-Official Note on the Squabble Over the Moroccan Affair. Will Continue to Use Its Influence at Paris and Berlin for an Understanding Understand-ing Detween France and Germany. i Rome. In conectlon with tho nl-legcd nl-legcd revelations regarding the evonts which preceded the resignation ot tho French minister, M. Delcasso, tho following fol-lowing Ben '-official communication has bcon Issued hero: "Tho action taken by Italy at Paris, Ixmdon and Merlin In connection with tho Moroccan affair was absolutely friendly and conciliatory and In tho Interests of pence. Tho action wnc not fruitless, as owing to It Frnnco accepted ac-cepted the conference proposed by Germnny, which tho former originally opposed, to agrco to tho fundamental conditions claimed to bo discussed by tho conference. Forolgn Minister Tit-,toni Tit-,toni communicated this to M. Darrero tho French nmbnssador to Italy, am .nothing else." It Is also understood thnt tho Kalian Kal-ian government will contlnwo to use its lnfluonco at Paris and Herlln for 'an understanding between Franco and Germnny. Tho relations between Italy and Frnnco contlnuo to bo most friendly, ,tho French government having em-phatlcilly em-phatlcilly donlcd n speech attributed to Premlor Rouvler, which was considered consid-ered disrespectful towards Italy, jln-deed, jln-deed, as ono evldenco of these good rotations. Franco will send n naval isqundron to Genoa to greet King Vic-itor Vic-itor Emanuel, who Is going there October Octo-ber 28 to Inaugurate tho new harbor works. j CONGRESSMAN SENTENCED. Williamson, of Oregon, Sentenced to Ten Months' Imprisonment. Portland Ore. John Newton Williamson, Wil-liamson, congressman from Oregon for the Second district, was sentenced in tho United States court on Saturday Satur-day to servo ten months' Imprisonment Imprison-ment and pay a lino of $500. Ho was lectured by tho court for failure to set a good examplo to others becauso ot his exalted public position. Marlon R. IJIggs, ox-United States commissioner, wns tnxed' by tho court with a similar dereliction of duty one given nn equnl penalty, but in iho case of Dr. Van .Ge'sncr, convicted of being a fellow conspirator to suborn porjury, on account of ago nnd foeblv health, tho term ot Imprisonment vjfcfe cut (n two and tbo,flno doubled. ' Aripoals nro pending nnd a stay of, execution was mndo ponding n further! order of tho court. Meanwhile, Con-' grcasman Williamson will go tree on his own rocognlzanco, but a bond of J4.000 was required of tho other two defendants, ns during tho trial of the case. As tho term of Impruontrient Is less than ono year, the sentences must bo served In tho county Jail. |