ITALIAN CABINET REMAINS IN ROME

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 105, 5 May 1915, Page 7

ITALIAN CABINET REMAINS IN ROME

KING ABANDONS VISIT TO GENOA . . . ROME, 4th May. Feverish interest is exhibited in the great national demonstration to be held ut Genoa on Wednesday, when the King was expected to unveil a monument to the Garibaldian Thousand in the presence of representatives of the Ministry and of all political parties. The Cabinet to-day decided that it would be inadvisable for members of the Cabinet to leave Rome. The King h,as also abandoned his visit. SIGNS AND PORTENTS ROME, 4th May. One hundred and fifty thousand people thronged Naples Cathedral and the adjacent streets awaiting the liquefaction of tho blood of St. Januarius. The ceremony only occupied fifteen minutes, and this is interpreted as an omen of good fortune in the war which many regard as imminent. Citizens of Subiaco are perturbed by an authentic report that the painting of the Madonna in the Cathedral of St, Andrea is moving its eyes, which is held to be a portent of a great calamity, ON THE NORTH COAST OF AFRICA—NATIVE TROOPS MUTINY (Received May 5, II a.m.) _ . ROME, 4th May. Colonel Miani, with two thousand Italians and four thousand natives, left Sidra in order to attack troublesome tribesmen. After marching ten miles the natives revolted and surrounded the Italians. After a fierce fight, the Italians repulsed the natives, but lost 680 killed and wounded.' It is considered certain that the revolt was the outcome of foreign bribery. [The Gulf of Sidra lies between Tripoli and Barca.] DEEP IMPRESSION CREATED— NEW GERMAN PROPOSALS (Received May 5, 10 a.m.) PARIS, 4th May. Correspondents at Rome state that the abandonment of the visit of the King and, his Ministers to Genoa has created a deep impression, though Rome newspapers agree that it will not affect the Government's ultimate decision. The newspaper Petit Parisien says that Prince Bulow-. German Ambassador, formulated fresh proposals yesterday, and that the Italian Cabinet has decided to reply as quickly as possible. The popular attitude is affected by German intrigues regarding Tripoli, where disturbances are threatened.