In my statement, however, of the casualties, I have sought to assert, not what I believe, but only what (as far as one can speak with certainty of what one did not actually see) I know to be the truth.
The worst part of the whole story, in my opinion, was the subsequent conduct of the Government.

These outrages, which might have been excused as the result of an unforeseen disturbance, obtained in cold blood the deliberate sanction of the Vatican.

The Papal gendarmes received the personal acknowledgments of the Pope for their conduct.

The six horsemen who distinguished themselves by clearing the Piazza Colonna were promoted for their services, and all the police on duty that day received extra pay.

With unusual promptitude, in fact not more than a week after the event, the _Giornale di Roma_ contained an official statement of the occurrence.