This is the beginning of a new, undated letter. On January 4th 1894 Sicily was put under military law for farmers' demonstrations against the November 8th 1893 reforms that raised prices on basic necessities...
Carissimo Carlo,
Questa volta la mia lettera non sara cosi lunga come l’ultima mia ne cosi noiosa. Che brutte notizie dall’Italia! Adesso non mi potrai piu parlare delle guarantigie accordate dallo Statuto ai liberi cittadini del liberissimo regno d’Italia, quando basta un decreto reale per metter un’intera provincia in potere della soldatesca, abolendo tutte quelle poche guarentigie che lo Statuto accorda.
Dearest Carlo,
This time my letter won’t be as long as the last one, but it might be as boring. What bad news from Italy! Now I can’t talk about the guarantees according to the Statute for the free citizens of the freest kingdom of Italy, when all it takes is a decree to put an entire province under the power of the military, abolishing all of the few guarantees that the Statute accords.
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