Using newspaper reports, Dobrolyubov provides additional information about the progress of the struggle of the people of Italy against the treacherous policy of the French government. The note deals with the refusal of the Italian people to submit to the terms of the 1859 treaty and the decision of the national assemblies of Tuscany, Modena, Parma and Romagna, confirmed by a plebiscite, to join Piedmont. Dobrolyubov provides material indicating that an army is being formed in the central regions of Italy, headed by the national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi.