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jeen reconstructed. Before it fell it was a monument 

 .0 Venetian glory ; to-day it is one to endless patience 

 ind persevering labour, since as far as possible the 

 )ld material was made use of. How complicated a 

 ask this was may be judged by the fact that one 

 erra-cotta group of the Virgin and Child had to be 

 )ieced together from the 1,600 fragments picked out 

 )f the debris. But the new Campanile has a deeper 

 ignificance ; it stands as perhaps the first important 

 vork in which the Quirinal and the Vatican have 

 'o-operated, and more than that even — 



It is no longer the sa<l symbol merely of past splendour, but 

 if a new and vigorous life, of the new energy, the newly born 

 mperi.ali'it spirit, the industrial, commercial, scientific progress, 

 he ambition and seriousness of purpose which are now so 

 trikingly in evidence throughout the Italian peninsula. " As 

 t was and where it was "—outwardly the same, and yet so 

 ssentially difterent ! In its aspect the child of a venerable 

 radition ; in its sulstance the result of modern science, the 

 ew Campanile signifies the union of the artistic spirit of past 

 ges, the glory of ancient Italy with the aspirations and 

 riumphant progress of Young Italy. 



The Cretans lose no opportunity of 



r-«„.„ »»-!_ trving to benefit bv troubled 

 Crete Again. - " . . ■ 



European conditions. True to 

 their habit, they are now cndea- 

 •ouring to plunge the island into chaos and to insist 

 ipon political union with Greece. The Powers must 

 ee that the nominal suzerainty of Turkey is main- 

 ained, and it is to be hoped that the Greek Government 

 n\\ repeat their prudent attitude of 1908. Otherwise, 

 r Tretan deputies sit in the Greek Chamber, Turkev 



France in Morocco. 



would have every justification in declaring war on 



Greece, and then . A British man-of-war, acting 



certainly on orders drawn up by the interested Powers, 

 seized certain Cretan deputies on their way to Athens, 

 and reconveyed them back to Crete. This welcome 

 sign of decided action in the matter would seem to 

 indicate that the Cretan trouble will not be allowed to 

 assume serious proportions. 



No sooner did the negotiations 

 between France and Spain seem to 

 be on the fair road to settlement 

 than trouble broke out in Jlorocco 

 in the form of a mutiny amongst the Moorish troops. 

 Without any warning, a significant fact which might 

 well lead to doubts as to the loyalty of the Sultan 

 Moulai Hafid, the troops in Fez mutinied, killed their 

 officers, and then rushed through the town slaughtering 

 every foreigner they could find. Many deeds of 

 heroism are recorded, but, taken b\' surprise, the 

 French residents could make no real resistance. 

 Fifteen officers were killed and four wounded, forty 

 men and thirteen civilians lost their lives, and some 

 si.xt)- men were wounded. Punishment was sharp and 

 severe, since adequate French forces were in the neigh- 

 bourhood. The mutiny has, however, .spread a feeling 

 of unrest throughout the country and even into the 

 Spanish sphere of influence. The French GovcrniTient 

 has taken steps to place the future of the country in 

 safe hands and has appointed a military Resident 



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The Pride of Venice : The New Campanile. 



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