Evening star., 1917-06-02
CORDIAL GREETING Il
T0|TAuAN ENJOYS.
Prince Udine, Spokesman, Be-
fore House., Discusses 9
U-Boat Menace.
LAUDS THE UNITED STATES

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Speaking before the House of Rep.
resentatives. when that body officially
received the Italian mission today.
Prince Cdine declared that Germany.
mot having obtained victory on the
field. is now trying by means of sub.
marine warfare to endanger our ex.
istence." Suppression Of the submarine
menace. the prince said, is now the su-
preme task to which all the allied ma
tions must bend their joint energies.
Crowded galleries and a large at.
tendance of members on the floor
greeted Prince Udine and the other
members of the mission. The House
suspended official duties at 1l:45 and
went into recess to receive the dis
tinguished visitors.
House Members Serve as Escort. 4
A committee consisting of Represen.
tatives Flood. chairman of the commit.
tee on foreign affairs. Linthicum,
Goodwin. Cooper of Wisconsin, Porter
and La Guardia, preceded by Doorkeeper
Sinnott. escorted the prince and his suite
into the hall of the House. Prince Udine
was seated at the right hand of Speaker
Clark and the other visitors took chairs
about the rostrum.
Gentlemen of the House, l present his
royal highness, Prince Udine," said
Speaker Clark as the members, who had
risen upon the entrance of the party,
stood at attention. The audience was
| then seated. and Prince Udine read in
good English his address to the lower
branch Of the American Congress-.
American industry was cited by
Prince Udine, amid thunderous aD-
plause. as the hope for ending Ger-
| many's ambitions.
Tribute to American Industry.
.
| industrial organization" he said. You.
| more than any one, are in q position to
put an end to the enemy's barbarouB
dream and to create with your energy
Referring to President Wilson's ad.
| dress to the Senate. the prince said:
For the sake of the same principles
| We are ready to face every sacrifice
I'VE are fighting a terrible war. Our
enemies were long since prepared for
it. while We were content to live. trust.
ing in peace. aDd only sought to COM
tribute to the development Of our peo-
pie and to the phoSress Of our country.
almost unconscious of the clouds which
so suddenly grewdark over our heads.
9uf wide Eh.ing front
The enemy is. or has been until -.
| in possession of the best positions. He
| had dug deep trenches; he has con-
cealed his guns among the mountains
tudes of eight and ten thousand feet.
| in spots where 1t seemed impossible
that any fighting should ever take
place We are alone on .v.rr our vide wide and :na
| ward that we take, every prokress that
we accomplish, costs US great effort4
and many lives. The enthusiasm ~
among the glaciers Of the Alps and the
many snares OF the Carso to triumph
over difficulties which seemed to defy
every human effort. But the deep faith
| which burns in them kept thsar
strength alive.
Discusses Submarine Menace.
Referring to the submarine menacos
Prince Udine said:
But to overcome the dangers Of thr.
submarines which. in defiance of every
| law of humanity. are not only destroy.
ing wealth. but endangering the lives
of peaceful travellers, sinking hospital
ships and numbering women and chill
dren. we must all make great effort.
I'VE must unite all our forces to OPP
pose the strongest resistance to the tn-s
sidious devices of the enemy
| When the prince finished Speaker
| Clark announced that he was sure that
| the House would be glad to hear and
see the man who invented wireless
| telegraphy. Senator Marconi was then
escorted to the rostrum on the left Of
| the Speaker.
| Senator MarCOnl SalQ LnaI no one
more than himself rejoiced in the fact
that America had entered the war.
| He said that without America his
work could not have succeeded. There
| We're two things he appreciated about
| Americans more than anything else.
| and that was their justice and sense
! of fair play. America was ready to
back anything that was Of good to tho
| though America was the greatest in.
| dustrai nation of the earth and pur-
| sues its industry in spirit Of healthy
| competition. everything that America
| does is fair.
Receives Enthusiastic Applause v
Senator Marconi's remarks also were
enthusiastically applauded. At their
| conclusion Speaker Clark escorted the
mission to the place in front OF the
rostrum and invited members OF the
! House to come forward to be intro
duced to them. an invitation which was
accepted by the entire membership
Eight little girls filed by in the long
| line to curtsy to the mission. Several
of the mission kissed their hands. Miss
Jeanette Rankin. member OF tho
House. who waited until well toward
the end of the procession. was greeted
with burst of hand clapping from
the House and from members of the
mission she shook hands with Prince
Udine.
Reception at Embassy.
Officers of Italian socieaies in Wsah<
ington and leaders OF the Italian colony
here will be presented to members OF
the Italian mission tomorrow at IL
o'clock at the Italian embassy by Am-
bassador di Cellere. Introductions to
the amba ssador will be made by Lo-
renzo Del Giorno, and a brief address
will be delivered by prominent
Washington Italian. to be named later.
Among the societies to be represents
ed tomorrow are t he Union Fratel~
lama, Victor Emmanuel Trinacrias
Joseph Garabaldi. Felico Cavaliotte,
Columbus and Arte Mestrieri.
Members of the mission also are exc
pected to attend exercises tomorrow
a afternnnn when the local lod1AR