To satisfy the anti-colonial party , he ceded Kassala to Great Britain , thereby provoking much indignation in Italy . His internal policy was marked by continual yielding to Radical pressure and by persecution of Crispi . During his second term of office , he thrice modified his cabinet ( July 1896 , December 1897 , and May 1898 ) without strengthening his political position . By dissolving the Chamber early in 1897 and favoring Radical candidates in the general election , he paved the way for the outbreak of popular uprisings about rising prices in May 1898 . Rudinì declared the state of siege at Naples , Florence , Livorno and Milan , and the suppression of the riot resulted in a bloodshed in Milan . Indignation at the results of his policy left him without support of both the Left – who blamed him for the bloodshed – and the Right – who blamed him for the permissiveness that allegedly had promoted the uprisings and led to his overthrow in June 1898
a bloodshed
Bava-Beccaris massacre
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì