THE HEEL OF THE AUSTRIAN.
.Milan, which was one ol Hal\ s anti-neutrality towns in the discussion preceding the declaration of war against Austria, used to be sr singularly unpleasant abode lor Italians wlien Lombardy was an Austrian 'province. Giovanni'. Visconti Venosta wlio was born in -.M ilan in ltv’-L and passed bis early life there records tint “we had to shave our duns, because beards and imperials were suspected things. We could only go about in couples, and no more thaw two persons could stand together m the streets, 'ft, was advisable to keep clear of the police as much as possible, for they occasionally _ arrested people out of mere caprice. Ibe suspicion 0 f a soldier or the perhdy of a police ofiiekl could send the niost pacifu: citizen to prison for months, porlutps for years. He who lias nevet heard the swords of the Austrians beat upon the city pavement can understand neither our .hatred ot them nor our love for our country.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4003, 9 August 1915, Page 3
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166THE HEEL OF THE AUSTRIAN. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4003, 9 August 1915, Page 3
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