The history of the world; a survey of a man's record . guefollowed on August 23. The convention between Austria and Italy presented more dif&cxilties. TheItalian admiral Persano at the outset of the war received orders to secure apledge for Italy hy occupying the Dalmatian island of Lissa. During the bom-Ijardment of the capital of the island the Austrian admiral Tegetthoff (p. 289)appeared on the scene, attacked the Italian fleet on July 20, 1866, sank the Efe d Italia with his own flagship, and forced the Italian fleet to retire. SinceGarifialdi also, on invading the Italian Tyrol, was defea
The history of the world; a survey of a man's record . guefollowed on August 23. The convention between Austria and Italy presented more dif&cxilties. TheItalian admiral Persano at the outset of the war received orders to secure apledge for Italy hy occupying the Dalmatian island of Lissa. During the bom-Ijardment of the capital of the island the Austrian admiral Tegetthoff (p. 289)appeared on the scene, attacked the Italian fleet on July 20, 1866, sank the Efe d Italia with his own flagship, and forced the Italian fleet to retire. SinceGarifialdi also, on invading the Italian Tyrol, was defeated by the Austrian generalKuhu in several engagements, Italy was compelled to be satisfied with the treatyconcluded on October 3, by which Venetia was ceded. C. Bismarcks Diplomacy The superior diplomacy of Bismarck was now able, under the impression causedby the Prussian victories, to unite non-Austrian Germany, hitherto torn by fac-tions, at any rate against the contingency of a war. Above all, he induced the Prussia in XIX. CciUiirv. ,.. J^fuion :W!*n^i/ir/ttimn . PlblUtl b)tin- Bibliu^r IiiNtitiil )»ig. .\rnYnrh:DoUtl .ilr<!tl ^C^ i;«;v?„fl^r4] HISTORY OF THE WORLD 305 king to terminate the conflict with the Prussian House of Representatives byoffering the hand of friendship to it in his speech from the throne on August 5,1866. There were irreconcilable conservatives who urged the king to use theforeign victory for the complete overthrow of the liberal party; but the royalspeech expressly recognised that the expenditure incurred for mihtary purposeswould have subsequently to be sanctioned by the Landtag, and therefore asked anindemnity for such expenses. In this point the king followed, not without hesi-tation, the advice of Bismarck. In the conversation with the president of theHouse of Representatives he declared that in a similar case he would not be ableto act otherwise than he had done before ; but this statement, for which Bismarckdeclined responsib
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