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John Morley: “Her Majesty’s government did not feel justified in declaring that the people of Southern Italy had not good reasons for…”

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Her Majesty’s government did not feel justified in declaring that the people of Southern Italy had not good reasons for throwing off their allegiance to their former governments.
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John Morley

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Morley argues that the Southern Italians had valid reasons for rejecting their former governments.

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