New-York tribune., 1917-12-31
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AMERICAN Rcoders-What The Article Really Said
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sured, and principally so the United shts
70 whose people there must be always ss5
word Of sympathy and admiration for a.
nation which rended the chains OF the Iris.
Alliance and refused 20 participate In a.
medtated aggressions Of the Central Pove,
With the declaration Of her neutrality. Il.
was the first to denounce to the eiyilr
world the immortality Of the war desired ),
Germany. And with her neutrality she pls..i
France in a position to oppose the mad s,.
emy and bar the road TO Paris, at the Narae(
No Bolsheviki in Italy
It is not honest 10 deny to Italy the ush.
fee she makes in this war, especially In skis
moment in which her conduct Of the VA,
which is loyal and resolute, serves the eas..
OF the Allies more than her own. And An
sure that The New York Tribune will ana
on this point. Italy will never betray q,
Allies. because she would betray herself .ri|
the sanctity Of the death Of hundreds AZ
thousands Of young men who fell on the Gel
of glory in the cause Of humanity sgsirs1
barbarism. The Italian people will not tsl
crate Bolshevkism. The feeling Of nation.
honor burns in the heart Of every I,alissI
and this feeling, which Italy has presery.{
in the course of centuries, even in perioS{
of dire misfortune, even in the darkest dsy{
Of her struggle for existence, has gained to5
her the esteem and respect Of the CIVILIZED
world.
How is IL possible to think tha. Itsl,|
would desert the cause Of the Allies!
Never,
To those Teutons who attempt 70 disor|
ganize her forces by reasonable methods, ts
those who attempt 10 discredit her 50 that
her allies will not send her the aid she re.
quires, Italy replies with the following
facts: There arc over 100000 workers /.
the Italian munitions factories, not inelud.
ing the textile mills, leather industries
tailoring establishments, those in sgrieult.
ural work and in the industrial division Of
the army. The women have given remark.
able assistance in the work Of national De.
fence. After Italy had taken care Of her
own immediate needs she even helped her
allies, who were more prepared thss
she, because Italy was not great industua
country. For example, the production os
munitions, which in 1916 had reached ths
monthly figure of 100000 projeetiles, in-
creased by leaps and bounds into fantastic
proportions. At the same time steel worn
arose as if by magic and began manufae,ut
ing military apparatus and instruments III
all sorts, agricultural implements, tool, ar!
products Of all kinds, great quantity N
which have been furnished to her allies n
we'll. The production Of Italian aerOplsrs
factories reached surprising proportions
~. Al L. 1tg.fa.nI A.
order to create the impression that theI
came from abroad. One factory in Lon
hardy furnished last June twenty-five ma.
chimes a day. The workers have given Italy
the best service that was in them. knowing
that they were working for their countrys
salvation. By this means the greatest pos.
sible results were achieved.
The Nation Demands Victory
The best guarantee Italy can give To her
allies for their contribution Of coal, s,ss
and grain is the earnestness Of her sol.
diers, who face the cannon Of her enemies
with thousands Of breasts in which beat
hearts that know not baseness. Whit
ever ths/ immediate result Of the Piave
Grappa-Asiago defence, and in spite Of ordi'
nary political occurrences, these things vii
not matter, because the nation wanted the
war, and the nation demands that il be eon'
tinued until victory is achieved for the tn
umph of all the ideals which spurred the
Allies 20 espouse the cause. To win Italy
needs only the moral and material support
of her allies, and the secret Of common vie.
tory lies in the unity of purpose OF all cen
cerned in the Allied cause.
AG0STINo DE BIASI.
New York, Dec. 30, 1917.