South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-17
CABINET
QUIT IN BREAK
WITH MONARCH
DR.. {. J. Dillon Presents Au-
thOritative Analysis of Pres
emf Crisis in ItaIy-ShOWS
How Leader Caused Split.


ROME, May Ill have just had
an important interview with a per-
sonage whose name / am not at lib
erty 10 mention but nobody in Italy IS
better acquainted than ne is with the
course OF the conversations between
Rome and Vienna. iwth the tactics of
both governments with the motives
hich underly every act and word of
the Salandra cabinet and with the
causes OF the present crisis ! there
lore can yOuCh for the absolute cor
rectncss Of each and every one of the
following statements which viii be
supported by official information that
viii be given 20 the world later.
The first question ! put TO the emil
ncut parsonage was
What are the real reasons for the
resignation OF the Cabinet2"
WHY Cabinet Resigned.
His answer was couched approM-
mately in the following words
THE cabinet resigned not because
of disCOTd between the ministers and
the monarch. There is no divergence
OF any kind between the ministers
who are acting i'm behalf of the king
and country and the sovereign who
who was continuously informed Of
the tenor and trend of negotiations
from start 10 finish. Perfect harmony
prevailed between the chief-of-staff
and his responsible advisers. No
Earring note ever once disturbed IT.
That was an indispensable condition
for the fuIfllment of the delicate mis-
sion imposed on the cabinet and IL
was realized. But it was not the only
condition
by virtue of the constitution the
cabinet also was obliged TO meet par
lament. This duty together with ev-
erything il implies. however, caused
not the least disquietude 10 the min
lister. They were conscious not only
that they had worked untiringly to the
best Of their powers for furthering
the nations interests and the main
tenance OF its dignity, but also they
were in possession of documentary
evidence, VoluminOus and conclusive
enough 10 convince all minds, aces
sibIe and susceptible to force Of facts,
and &c was assumed that the parlia-
mentaTy majority, whatever its views
of international politics might be, was
thus open To conviction and ready TO
Judge and decide the international
problem on it's own merits and without
reference to eXtrinsic and wholly IT.
relevant consideration That much
was assumed because on the correct
ness of that belief depended the vital
interests of the country which might
easily be impaired if any other atti-
tude was assumed BY the nations rep
Iesentative.
GiOIitti CompIicatcs Case.
"SignOr GiOlitti's entry on the
scene and the part he played there
cruelty disabused the cabinet for it
created a situation, which being not
merely governmental, but also
anti-constitutional could not be ac-
cepted by the ministers whose author
ity TO act for the country rested pre-
Cisely on a constitutional basis. 1t
has been pleaded that Giolitt held no
assemblies or cOnciliables. That is
true. but il is also irrelevant for in
other evident and efficacious ways he
induced his parliamentary supporters
10 publicly manifest their adhesion to
his views, namely that an accord with
Austria was still possible although at
The time he was in possession of con-
elusive proofs that il was neither con-
ducive to Italy's interests nor cOmpat-
IDLE with Italy's honor. The conse-
lquences of these tactics was the GER
1itude on the part of the cabinet that
on meeting parliament it would be
confronted by "A hostile majority, no
longer accessible to any argument and
absolutely closed to conviction. 1t
would have been a sheer loss of the
Country's time. now that every day
EOuntS to delay before the group of
deputies whose vote was thus be-
spoken, the official expose which