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Show ITALY WILL EXHIBIT HER ART TREASURES ROME. Jan. li. Italy will soon hold an exhibition to display to tho world the beautiful art treasures she I has recovered from Austria In consequence con-sequence of the war. The Italians claim that thfss Objects of virtue were systematically stolen by Austrian from Italy h the days when the Italians Ital-ians were top u ;i k to profei t themselves. them-selves. First and foremost among, them are nine magnificent tapestries! of Bible subjects. They are of Flemish Flem-ish workmanship. These products of the first half of I the fifteenth century were hunft in the ducal palace at Mantua. Emperor Kr.inebj Joseph ordered their transfer trans-fer temporarily to the Industrial Museum Mu-seum of Vienna and later they were removed to the imperial palace in the Austrian capitnl. They have Junt been returned to Italy's possession and once more hang In the Mantuan palace. pal-ace. Some of the works of art Just re stored were among those cairled off by Napoleon from the churches, palaces pal-aces and country houses of the republic re-public of Venice. They were returned to Vnlos after Napoleon's fall, only to be carried off to Vienna to become the brightest ornaments of the celebrated cele-brated gallernes there. Included in the number- now relumed to Italy are Clma da Conegliano's superb ' Madonna Madon-na of the Oranges' and pictures by Rurtolommeo lnrlnl. I'aclo Veronese. Veron-ese. Blseianl (the Master of Carpac-clo)i Carpac-clo)i TlntoretUsj Bellini, etc |