The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
PRINCE UDINEs SPEECH

Italy and the United States was em-
 phasized by the prince in his speech
 to the Senate, which was in part as follows:
 'In this hour of danger, in which military absolutism is threatening ev- eryone, there are nations that have forgotten old and new competitions. and have united to defeat this menace to the common safety. We are in a more fortunate position. Between the United States of America and Italy there has never been any cause of conflict This new and closer union means for us a greater bond of sym pathy and solidarity, added to those which already linked us.
 This long friendship without strife, this union without mistrust, this cloudless future, are enhanced by the fact that both our peoples are at war to defend the same ideals of hu- manity and justice.
 Your wars have been fought for independence and for liberty. In your wars and in ours an ideal light has directed toward a most noble aim. What ideals did those who have brought so much suffering upon the world aim at outside the dominion of force and the triumph of violence? For nearly three years our con tinent looked with anxious eyes to- ward your great and free country. We looked toward you with trusting sympathy; we felt that the great fatherland of liberty, the noble dem ocracy which offered it's hospitality l to all the peoples of Europe, could not remain indifferent.
 Nevertheless, we waited your de- cision with anxiety and 1t seemed to | us that the holiness of our cause waa in need of recognition by those whom ] from afar would judge us with more l serenity. You waited to intervene un- til violence and offenses against right | had become clearer and more evident. WORTHY MESSAGE
 "The message of your President, as our sovereign has said, is worthy by l the nobility of it's conceptions and the dignity of it's form to rank with
 the most inspiring pages in the his- | tory of ancient and immortal Rome. By proclaiming that right is more precious than peace; that autocratic governments supported by the force of arms are a menace to civilization; by affirming the necessity of guaran- teeing the safety of the worlds dem- ocracies; by proclaiming the right of | small nations to live and prosper | America has now, through the action of her President. acquired title of merit which history will never forget 1 ''Italy entered into the war with aim. equal to those which you pursue. Italy wants the safety of her boundaries anG ] her coasts, and she wants to secure her | self against new aggressions. Italy want. l to deliver from long standing martyrdon populations of Italian races and languag,
 that have been persecuted implacably But Italy has not been and will neve
 be an element of discord in Europe. anc as she willed her own free national ex istence at the cost of any sacrifice, s,
 she will contribute with all her strengtl to the free existence and development o
 other nations
 RUTHLESS SUBMARINES
 ! By increasing the ruthlessness of sub marine warfare and thus rendering navi
 gation unsafe and dangerous, our enemie
 hope to win the war by increasing mis
 I cry and suffering. The problem of ship
 ping is for all of us the greatest problem
 of the war.
 With our united efforts we shal! van
 quish all these difficulties. We shall tri