Amnesty

In Rome, July 29 was commemorated fittingly; for on that day, 25 years ago, King Umberto, father of the present Monarch, was assassinated by an anarchist Italian hailing from Paterson, N.J.

King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Mother Margherita, widow of the murdered King, attended mass near the tomb of King Umberto in the Pantheon. Signor Cremonesi, Royal Commissioner of Rome, sent telegrams on behalf of the citizens to the King and Queen Mother, and issued a proclamation to the people, as a commemoration document, deploring the crime that ended King Umberto's life.

Next day, to commemorate his own succession to the throne, King Vittorio signed an amnesty decree for all political prisoners and those condemned for minor crimes.

The official celebration of the King's and Queen's Silver Jubilee was held last June (TIME, June 15).