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. - - .-Of, : " . - r TTT1! STTXHAY nT?FfinTAY PHPTT . A "VTl nrTnT?ri rw PRESIDENT WILSON nnini rn n runnnr DI LUliUft Premier Nitti of Italy ,Views Big Problems. EYES KEPT ON AMERICA Influence of United States Needed to Save Civilization Hatred Still Threatens Nations. XAPLES, Oct. 9. (By the Associ ated Press.) Ex-Premier Francesco Xitti, who is sojourning here, in the course of a statement went over some of the problems which are perplexing Kurope and America. m "On the eve of the presidential fctruggle in the United States." he said, "it is well that the European situation be thoroughly considered In America. Europe cannot quickly re- raln its feet without the help of the V United States, but the United States might help only those countries whose polity is peace. -The American de mocracy has a great task before it. I am a sincere friend of America, but I cannot truthfully say I believe that the actions of hr leaders have been useful to the world 'No man has more humanitarian Ideas than President Wilson. But h was not sufficiently acquainted with lurope, and thus the treaties con eluded have no moral worth. They contain the germs of deep hatreds and perhaps .new wars. The, United otaies couia even now, 11 tney wished, exert a beneficial influence. This Is not only their moral duty, but K is also in their interest to do so.. . "IT -1 . i I . . 1 . j. uu iiul kiiuw ii. Lucre is peace anywhere in the world, but there cer tainly is none in Burope. Around you you see nothing but armiee. While the war was still going on people said this would be the last war. but Z' Germany's militarist spirit has been acquitted by the peoples who over threw Germany. Europe is alive with proposals of conquest, with eagerness to hoard raw materials. "We always declared we were not waging war against the German peo ple, but against German militarism, and still, now that the German em pire has fallen and now that militar ist Germany is wrecked, we have- not changed our attitude. Germany to day is in an intolerable position, still undergoes all sorts of odious investi gations and is submitting to all sorts of humiliations. Germany has .no ships, has not sufficient raw mate . rials and has no colonies, while 'the exchange rate is so unfavorable she cannot buy abroad. Germany, while suffering hunger, is condemned to pay an indeterminate indemnity for an indeterminate number of years. "It is true the victory confers cer tain rights, but it imposes also cer tain duties. Nobody more than my self, who ani a firm believer in de mocracy and peace, hated German im perialism. Is the American democ racy really pleased with the turn events have taken? All Europe, with its large population, was the great market for the exchange of goods. Germany was the greatest European center of production. economic World I pact. "Now all this is upset and smashed. The world never again will have the former low prices without Germany's fruitful work. We hated German mil itarism, but admire her industrious ness and perseverance, which have given her first place among the world's producing natidns. Why should we do without Germany's work and how can one expect Germany to pay any indemnity in the present state of affairs? My words often have been misunderstood by the im perialist press, but so long as I have a. single breath left I shall notpass ively assist in the waste of so much energy. Can we expect permanently to control Germany in the way we are doing now? "Regarding Russia, I think our pol icy has been all wrong. The entente must make up its mind to look upon Russia not as an enemy but as a fallen friend who has overtaxed his strength waging war on our behair and has succumbed. Russia now is communist, but its -economic system is absurd and bound to fail. Every one who has been to Russia has re turned horrified. It is a regime of absolutism and violence which gives Pft togreat poverty and Impossi bility of production. Bolshevik Russia eoon will fall: but with what right do we talk of the immorality of the present Russian government when for so many years we have admired the government of the czar, which added tyranny to vio lence? When the communist govern ment has drained the cup of misery to the dregs n will fall, or rather be transformed into a democracy with marked traces of agrarian socialism. Entente Aids Russia. "The entente now is following the policy likeliest to induce people to sympathize with Russia by sending arms to the generals fighting against the communists and refusing to rec ognize the Moscow government. To take up relations with Russia again we ought to ask only one condition fundamental in all civil relations namely, guaranties that the soviet government will not meddle with the Internal politics of other countries. "Instead, forgetting Russia as an autonomous state, in exchange for recognition we dared ask for guar anties that Russia would pay the debts .contracted abroad before and during the war. This is the way Shy lock's moral sense worked. Have we not gone co far as to ask that Rus sia s gold be given as a guaranty to her creditors in our countries' We must distrust the soviet government so long as n does not give sufficient guaranties, but we must also remem ber not to behave to Russia as if we were a reparations commission. Rus sia is not a conquered enemy but a fallen friend. "In conclusion. Germany and also many countries which formed ancient Austria cannot live. Russia is con sumed by communist tyranny and vio lence and the Mussulman world is in a ferment not entirely justified. If America, which is the greatest cred itor and having the greatest reserves of raw material, wishes to exercise useful action in the world, it mtist ..exercise it in favor of justice, which is indispensable for prosperity and peace. The restoration of Europe is dependent on the reconstruction of Germany and the return of Russia among the free countries. The Rus sian people must be convinced we de sire their resuscitation, having no in terest in their past regime. Europe must find peace, because by continu ing the present disorder we risk- new wars, which would mean the triumph of brutality and perhaps the collapse of our civilization. Italy Policy Stated. "The European war has been a great duel between the German and Slav races. Italy, allied with the former, passed to the latter for the lofty ideal of Justice. Italy cannot, therefore, prepare a new conflict with the Jugo V aLtU slavs, who are a southern branch of tne Slav race anxious to have an out let to the Adriatic. We haTe no in tention of suffocating their develop ment, but we must have cordial rela tions with them. For this reason I have always favored a direct accord between Italy and Jugoslavia, since any solution imposed by one side would be the cause for war. Any de lay In reaching this friendlv under standing is injurious to Jugoslavia and also to Italy. " "The situation in Ttnlv f. nnt V, i nnv but what European country emerged I from the war with a happy situation? j iiic aiBcipime or tne popular classes in Italy has been affected by the bad example of the bourgeois classes. When officers, even if Inspired by patriotic ideals, disobeyed, the people also considered they had the right to disobey. " (Signer Nitti alluded to the expedition of d'Annunzio to Flume a year ago.) .. "Exaggerations with re gard to her Adriatic aspirations have been the worst evil for Italy. "I cannot believe in a revolutionary movement in Italy. Revolutionaries here can only be mad or irrespon sible. Italy has an average of 332 in habitants to every square mile and-! 410 to every cultivated square mile; but' she has no coal, while her hyd raulic power has taken ten years of constant work to develop. Besides, she needs about 3.00Q.000 tons of wheat yearly, besides Iron, cotton, wool and other things. If Italy ex perienced . a . revolution one-third of her population would die of starva tion. , . -. Future Seems Secure. "In 20 centuries Italy has been the only country of Europe that has not had a revolution. I firmly - believe Italy will soon overcome all her dif ficulties if she solves two problems, namely, the Adriatic question and the bread, question, on both of which her unanciai settlement depends. I do not believe in a revolutionary dan ger, because the present situation in Italy is not much different from that of England after the Napoleonic wars. , "Italo-French relations are a very delicate subject. The two countries, allied in war, must be friends in peace with a good understanding- of each other. We do not wish any peo ple to be oppressed. Therefore, after we had fought Austria I received the Austrian chancellor, Renner. in Rome as a friend. The support given by me 'to the economic reconstruction or oermany has caused great, but un just resentment in France. France herself has an Interest in assisting in the reconstruction of Germany. wmcn means the restoration of Europe. Italy will not participate In any alliance, wishing only the re vival of Europe and the consolidation ot peace, wnich will be the gramme of all democracies." pro- BROKEN BACK IS MENDED SHIX BOXE PATCII SETT IX FOR VERTEBRAE. 10-Year-OId Girl Expected .. to Dance and Skate Arter Com- plete Recovery. WOODBURY. N. J., Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) For three months Ollvo Rhodes, 19, whose back was broken In a automobile accident on July 7, faced the prospect of a life in a plas ter cast. Fridav. as thn rpm.lt nt remarkable operation performed here In the Underwood hospital, she re joiced in the possibility of being fit for skatincr or dandnir hv V. w v.ir'i day.' . . Dr. T. T. Rufirh. Philariplnhia ci.r. geon, who has. treated similar cases, had her placed in a nlastpr nr liminary to a grafting, operation. .. inursuay nigm tne surgeon re moved the affected vertebrae and transferred in their nlaro rtin nt the girl's left shin bone. The grafting process and the en tire operation took only an hour, in which time the Datient wan nnrter n an esthetic. No complications have set in and Miss Rhodes today said she was feeling more comfortable and cheerful than at any time since the accident. She will continue in the" plaster cast about six weeks. In December she in exneotoH t k able to walk and hv th nrt th. month probably will be able to dis play ner iormer activity. CANAL PLAN IS OPPOSED Opposition to St. Lawrence 'Water says way Voiced at Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Oct, 9 On. position was expressed In a resolu tion adODted at the r.lnRp. TTrirfnv rtf the annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper W a t e t w a y s association against the proposed St. Lawrence ship canal which would require ex penditure of $100,000,000. of which this country would pay half. The as sociation opposed the plan on the ground that the Dominion of Canada would derive by far the greater benefit. Savannah. Ga. . was selected for next year's convention and J. Hamp ton Moore, mayor of ' Philadelphia, was re-elected - president of the as sociation for the 14th year. It was decided to admit 'women to full membership. America's first cotton mill, built by Samuel Slater at Pawtucket, R. 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