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Title: The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931, ed
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Sully and Kleinteich
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ed King of Italy at Turin. Europe nowgave an unspoken assent to Italian independence, and only Romeand Venetia remained to be set free. Once more Garibaldi, who had sworn never to rest until these twoStates should be liberated, raised a volunteer army and led it to Sicily.But now Napoleon III, who wished to have the Papal States and theChurch power at Rome preserved, instructed Rattazzi, then the Ital-ian premier, to check Garibaldis further activities. The royal troopsmet him and his volunteer army on September 22, 1862, when, not thesoldiers of Italys foreign oppressors but the riflemen of the Italianking shot him and took him prisoner. All Europe so strongly con-demned this action and expressed so much sympathy for the Italianpeople, who had struggled so long for independence, that in a con-vention held in September, 1864, Napoleon III agreed to withdrawhis French troops from Rome if Italy would promise to respect thetemporal power of the pope. At the same time the city of Florence
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FATHER AND SONThe Kaiser Embracing His Eldest Son, the Crown Prince 160 THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR 161 M^as named as the capital of Italy. This move on the part ofNapoleon was regarded by the Liberals as favorable toward accom-plishing- the annexation of Rome to Italy, and the war between Aus-tria and Prussia in 1866 gave them a new opportunity. They alliedthemselves with Prussia, and the Prussian victory of Koniggriitzgave them one of the chief objects they had fought for; and Venetia,including the Quadrilateral, was then added to the Kingdom of Italy. According to the terms of the convention of 1864, Napoleon with-drew his troops from Rome in 1866. The Liberals at once spranginto action. Mazzini, always an inspirer, called on the people to seizethe prize then and there, and Garibaldi vowed to succeed in doing soor die. But again Napoleon interfered. Alarmed for the rule ofthe pope and the integrity of the Papal States, he reinstated the gar-rison at Rome for their protection, and th

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