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Show llrlgtadaaa In Italy, H Among tho irulta of lha unhappy H condition Into which exorbitant taxes, H low wsges and other Industrial evils lf havo plunged the masses In Italy to- J day Is an Incrtaao In tho number and Jf activity of tho robber bands Infesting H various parts of tho kingdom Tho ex- H cuso given by many of those who enter H upon a llfo of brigandage Is that tbs H government lake every penny they aH earn by honest labor, and there Is nothing left for them but to rob and iH plunder or dlo of stnrvatlon Do that H as It may, tho brigand army Is certain- ly being recruited at an alarming rata, H It la said that In Sardinia alone last H year nearly 100 brigands wero cap- H turcd and some hundreds of followers ,H arrested, Including tho mayors of sev H eral small towns Southern Italy Is In- H fested, and the extent of the Intlmtda- H tlon and robbery can hardly bs grasped H by the Inhabitants of orderly communl- t"aai ties r! |