New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

soldiers. the gratitude of Italy and the ad'
miration Of the world.
"Fcw people know or remember, outside of
Italy. that he is the son of that general,
Count Rafselc Cadorna who entered Rome
with the Italian troops in 1870. and gave IT
thus for capital to tho kingdom of Victor
Emmanuel the Second. with whom. ms with
Count Cavour and few others, he ranks high
IN the reverent memory of the nation.
"Cadorna is the only supreme commander
o. any Allied army that has never been re
moved or promoted from his post, just as
Sonniuo is the only minister of foreign affairs
unchanged since the beginning Of things: and
both hold out ~ good now as at the begin
ling which speaks well for the steadiness Of
the much berated Latin nerves; and both hold
their high offices with the fullest confidence
, OF their king, their country, the army and
the Allies.
"a more careful spendcr Of human life and
Of the strength Of his soldiers than General
Cadorna can hardly be found, but while he
believes that 'cXpcnding one life wantonly IS
q crime he is equally convinced that 1T is n
duty not to hesitate before the sacrifice of
one hundred thousand lives If needs must be.
"As all the big minds do, Cadorna thinks on
broad lines and visuslizeS thing on large
scale, so that all the unnecessary details that
brighten and halt or hamper the little men
are swept aside by the powerful trend Of his
main thought. He sees right and wrong
clearly. and does not stop to see if they
couldn't possibly be made TO reconcile half
way down; he sides by the right, and all the
little frinGcs at the other end do no more
exist for him; thus decent men act in a world
of men. The story is we'll known and the
soldier who, some minor officer believed,
couldn't be made a sergeant because he
couldn't write or perhaps even read. Make
him a sergeant by all means said the gen
eral. we don't want him to read TO US, we
want him TO keep this trench against the
enemy And sure enough. keep the trench,
he did, and helped conquer something besides
il.
"To 60 back to the first days of the war
there is one story that shows we'll the clear
and quiet determination of the man. very
high Office was held by general who, while
he was a brilliant and valuable officer, held
political views favorable to Germany, and
consequently averse TO Italy's taking part in
the war. A. soon Cardona was appointed
by the King 10 the supreme command. he
sent for this man and gave him his views
more or less as follows: 4 am aware that you
entertain opinions at variance with those that
determined the present situation, and since
notwithstanding this fact, have the highect
esteem and consideration for your ability
an officer. it would make me highly uncom-
Portable to have you so near me, in such a
high position, knowing all the time that at
heart you diSapprove the situation, though I
am sure that you would do your duty.
Probably you would have flled my place
better than ! may be able to do but since
the king has put me into it, mean to hold it
to the best of my ability and without swerv-
ing WhereupOn, naturally, the very high
officer retired into private life or its equiva.
lent in the back yards, and the unhampered
Cadorna leads on to Trieste"