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l’Arbitrato e la Pace tra le Nazione, with
Ruggiero Bonghi as president; and also in
Milan, the Unione Lombarda per la Pace e
l’Arbitrato Internazionale.
In the course of the last three years, 1886–90,
the idea of peace has made great progress in
Italy. The movement has not been confined
to any special class of society, or to any
particular political or religious party, but has
spread alike amongst all.
In the autumn of 1888 the central committee
of the Italian League of Peace and Liberty sent
out a leaflet, with a protest against any war
with France. The central committee, which
numbers amongst its members, senators,
deputies, and many of Garibaldi’s former
companions in arms, declares: “The league
requires all Italians, young and old, women and
men, philosophers, tradesmen and working men,
to unite all their energies in the great work of
peace; that there may be an end of armaments,
which are a positive ruin to all nations.”
In the course of 1889 several important
peace congresses were held. In Milan, such a
congress met for the first time, January 13th,
representing 200 associations in France, Italy,
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