| Contents | on the precarious situation in the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz; the Director, Hans von der Gabelentz, had to join the army; Walther Biehl is not able to run the Institut, he cannot see through the intrigues of a number of Germans in Florence and he cannot stop the pro-French agitation by people like [Julien] Luchaire from the Institut Français in Florence; this is the reason why Warburg is extremely interested in safeguarding the work of the Institute; quotes the congress in Rome in 1912; he wants to help the Italians to stand against the French; he accepted Bode's request to organise a meeting in Florence with as many Italian colleagues as possible and to introduce [Kurt Nikolaus Zoege] von Manteuffel as Deputy Director of the Institute at the same meeting, on 20/02/1915; detailed report of the situation in Florence; mentions Mrs. Treuberg-Fischler, née von Kaufmann, and her plan to appoint [Christian] Hülsen Director of the Institute; calls Mrs. Treubergs mother 'tactless'; Biehl mistrusts [Igino Benvenuto] Supino, mentions Senator [D.] Comparetti, mentions [Guido] Biagi; von der Gabelentz may be less welcome among French Freemasons, but serious Italians like Tommaso Corsini, Marchese Farinola, Senator [Pasquale?] Villari respect him; Warburg, together with [Giulio] Panconcelli-Calzia, prepared the meeting, they were corresponding with [Giovanni] Poggi and his assistant [O.H.] Giglioli, the Director of Museo Nazionale del Bargello [Giacomo] De Nicola, Director of the Academy [Nello] Tarchiani; mentions Domenico Gnoli, 'the incorruptible Italian idealist'; De Nicola and Warburg had a conversation and Warburg was able to stop Mrs. [Rosine] Treuberg receiving tickets for the meeting; the gutter press 'Fiamma' wrote against [G.] Battelli although he remained steadfast in his support for Germany; he is one of the main promoters of the journal 'Momento d'Italia' in which the Catholic aristocrats of Florence resist French Freemasonry; mentions Count Gamba, Charles Loeser, Inspector [Matteo?] Marangoni, Dr. [Mario] Salmi, the student Suarez, Dr. Oldenbourg, a Belgian priest Abbé Munier and an Italian priest Don Capitani, Professor Corsini, Professor [Pietro] Toesca, the professors [Cesare] de Lollis, [Battista] Grassi and Curatelo in Rome, Professor [Cesare] Fasola in Florence, Professor [Giuseppe Antonio] Borgese, Gargano, Mrs. Capitano Matassi, née Fleischel from Hamburg, Senator Chiappelli; [Pasquale] Villari, [Guido] Mazzoni, [Pio] Rajna did not attend the meeting on 20/02/1915; it is a pity that [Robert] Davidsohn had left Florence, but Ugo Ojetti and others like him made it difficult for Davidsohn to stay; these people find the 'genialità' of the Italians threatened by the 'disciplina tedesca'; [Carlo] Nardini, of the Biblioteca Riccardiana, attended, [Salomone?] Morpurgo did not attend, [Demetrio?] De Marzi and [Umberto] Dorini of the State Archive attended; the Swiss Consul Friedrich von Marcuard attended, who did not get on with von der Gabelentz, the Germans who attended were Dr. Biehl, administrative assistant [Otto] Wenzel who is not satisfactory; hopes that Plischkowsky will return soon; mentions quarrelsome Pastor Lessing, Baron von Liliencron, the German consul O'Swald - a man with 'minus talents'; some 60 to 70 people attended the meeting on 20/02/1915; forwards various enclosures [no longer extant], the second copy of 'Rivista Illustrata'; they have tried to show how Italians speak to Italians, Cabasino-Rende, Luzzatti, Curatulo and Cavour |