The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

istic about his desire for friendship with
/ all the Powers so far as might comport
with the preservation intact Of the ma
! tional honor and the expansive devel-
! opment OF Italian resources OF material
wealth and Of character: II was the
I safe and Sane policy" of peace not at
any price" but at any reasonable price.
The outbreak this year OF the Great
War. with 1taly's two partners in the
. Triple Alliance at grips with her friends
! by entente, England, France and Rus
/ STA. placed her in a most peculiar posi-
ton and displayed those conflicting re-
, lations. as also the correlative forces OF
Italian political personality, in a most
remarkable state Of equilibrium. Is IL
, too much to say that Italy owes In
large part her happy exemption thus
far from the present horrible harvest
| of rampant. regnant mlitarism to the
deep striking wisdom OF Minister Tit
tomb
Inter; sting as are the speeches on
I;aly's foreign and colonial affairs, they
have not the direct calm upon Ameri-
can attention that distinguishes the
section devoted to emigration. People
arc. naturally enough, apt TO take an
unqua.ifedly one sided view OF this
international shifting Of population and
the populace OF country whose prob
lem is immigration is apt to think or
care mighty little about the other fell
lows problem in which the PROPOSE
tional element of the Nolksverschiebung
compound word expresses interest IN
the reverse direction. What We want
and what We can get II for us the
major and guiding consideration, but
our chances Of getting what we want
are affected II not actually governed
by what the immigrant wants, because
that is based upon what he is-and
that in turn decides what he can give.
, What he can give is what We can
get. and so is the argumentum c.ausum
arrived ut. International exchange OF
any sort is not one sided. like the face
OF Chessy cat: the international
! mind" must have an eye for reversed
, perspective.
Foreign Minister Tttoni shows. rs
, one reviews his emigration policy, less
spicy than his play in International
politics the same sturdy sense that
made him in that greater game man Of
mark; particularly the desire and ability
to view the board from the side on
which his contestant sat. This IL the
core, til' pun VI WV
| ing migration from the home stanl-
point. he repeatedly pointed out that
the Italian Governments problem Of
emigration had two phases. And these
supply TWO Cross-correspon7ng terms in
which We must primarily mould our
views Of our Italian immigration. In
some Italian districts emigration is a
useful outlet. a safety valve preventing,
4 ~ ,l social xx.it IA
danger Of explosion. These are the
nourishing and wealthy provinces.
where agriculture and manufactures
thrive labor is plentiful and population
superabundant In other provinces
where conditions are not So happy emf
rrG ton is the resource of misery seek
ing relief caused by poverty and causing
h" It's detection not Improvement but
/ increased impoverishment.
/ Let Signor Tittoni speak: Emigrants,
! retaining the habits. tastes and ten
denotes OF the homeland in their voun-
! tary exile, help Italian exports sendiA !;
home "rivulets of gold" they are -
precious element toward turning in our
/ favor the scales of commercial activity
! Government should supervise their
exodus directing them TO places where
! they will prosper best, hence be of
I greatest use to the fatherland and.
naturally. to the land of their adopt ion.
Italian colonies are most welcome and
are happiest in the Argentine. THE
! State, according To the modern concep-
3 ton Of its functions. should not be
merely a negative quantity. but an in
stitution for the spreading OF culture,
civilization and education; therefore IL
cannot and should not renouuce such an
! important task as the protection OF
( emigration" BY way of providing that
protection the Minister favored the
maintenance of a corps OF emigration
attaches with certain consular powers
and the added one of a mobile charter
enabling them 10 reach their scattered
proteges.
Two-tifths of Italian emigration was
1 going to North America: n one recent
year alone more than 100000. Senator
Odescalchi. returning from visit To the
United States. reported hostility 10 the
Italian immigrant. The Minister com
mented dscrminatinLly: Americans
We're undoubtedly concerned about the
increase, but not merely that from Italy
The objection being based in part upon
apprehension OF the entrance OF the pos
sibly insane or criminal. the United
| states maintained careful guard at the
gate. Some Italians cited this wedding
out process as justification for permit
ting an outgo with no restrictions AZ the
Italian port, but the Minister Upheld the
practice of a decentralization exam!na-
ton to save the cost of the return OF
the rejected.
Other restrictive measures were due
to resentment by American labor IF the
intrusion of alien labor and to similar
economic causes, Some Italian authori-
ties favored the making of represents
tons to the United States Government
| that would compel the obyiatng OF this
difficulty but not by coercion of any
kind could Italy hope TO prevent the
enactment of restrictive measures. The
one and only way was so to regulate
emigration as to make certain the avoid
anCe of any menace to American eco
nomic interests. He believed the Ameri-
can objection centred upon the growth
of Italian industrial. colonies. and that
direction of the stream to the agricul-
tural regions OF the South and Wes
would be mutually beneficial. While
making all these sensible and cssentia
concessions to the receiving Govern
ment Signor T.ttoni still urged his Gov
ernment to keep firm grip on the coat
collars Of their cmigrating nationals, .tC
encourage the continuance among them