Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-01
PROBLEM
GREATEST Of WAR.
PRINCE UD|NE SAYS
Head of italian War Mission
Delivers Stirring Address to
the Senate and Is Given Ire
mendouS Welcome

WASHINGTON. May 31.-Declaring
the day will come when the allied coun-
tries will be proud of their suffering"
Prince Udine, head of the Italian war
commission today delivered stirring
address to the senate.
Ii was the first message of the war
directly delivered to the representatives
of a great democracy by royalty itself.
Standing on the vice presidents ros-
trum, Prince Udine, dressed in full ce-
gal uniform, eloquently spoke.
he was given a tremendous welcome
from door and galleries as he entered
the senate, accompanied by other mem
bers of the commission. Count V. Mac
chi di Cellere, the Italian ambassador,
sole occupant of the diplomatic gallery,
with his wife, Joined in the applause.
Vice President Marshall introduced
the prince with a glowing tribute 10 It.
ally Responding. the prince said:
II consider il great honor for the
mission of his majesty, the king of IT.
aly, TO be welcomed by the American
senate IL is also a great honor for
me and a source of deep satisfaction 10
greet you on behalf of my country and
TO speak in this glorious assembly
which has never forgotten the noble ira
QlNlOnS OF uCtAAONtGNg CIV ~
of liberty in the name Of which 1t was
constituted.
COMPETITIONS FORGOTTEN.
I'm this hour of danger. in which mill
itary absolutfsm is threatening every
one. there are nations that have forgot
ten old and new competitions, and nave
united to defeat this menace TO the
common safety.
I'VE are in a more fortunate position.
Between the United States of Amer
lea and Italy there has never been any
cause Of conflict; therefore, IN your
history and in ours there Is no page
which should be forgotten in this hour
of brotherhood
..This friendship is enhanced by the
fact that both our peoples are at war
not because of any eminent danger that
threatened US, but to defend the same
deals of humanity and justice.
Nearly three years have elapsed
since Europe. without any Justitylns
motive; perhaps without any motive at
all beyond the will OF small military
oIigarchy, was driven into the greatest
conflict which human histroy records.
"But deeper anguish is stirring our
souls. That which has grieved us more
than the wealth destroyed, more than
the lives cut off in the flower OF their
vouth. is the sight of cultivated and in
teIIigent nations. who, but yesterday
shared with us all communion or lie
and intellect, and who have now denied
those principles of humanity and or
Justice which were the result of long
centuries or work and the great ana
difficult conquest of civilization.
Little nations. which are entirely
guiltless and which, within their small
territory, contained masterpieces of art
r>E sraIp nA9n
barbariously sacrificed.
SLAVERY HAS RETURNED.
I'm the conquered countries. personal
slavery has returned as in the worst
period of medieval invasions.
The Prince declared the problem or
shipping is for all of us the greatest
problem of the war"
For nearly three years, our contin-
ent has been involved in this great
struggle and it looked with anxious eyes
toward your great and free country"
he continued.
we knew that the European war
had increased your trade and given new
vigor TO your industries Many feared
that because of the ocean that divides
US the great cry of grief of oppressed
Belgium would only sound family in
your cars many feared that. absorbed
BY the activities Of industry and labor.
you would fail 10 take an interest in
our struggles and incur sorrows.
We. however, looked toward YOU with
trusting sympathy; We felt that the
great fatherland of liberty, the noble
democracy which offered its hospitality
to all the peoples of Europe, without
distinction of race. religion or language
could not remain Indifferent"
GUIDED BY IDEAL LIGHT.
Your wars have been fought for in
dependence and for liberty. In your
wars and in ours. an ideal light has
guided Us. and our efforts were all di-
Tected toward 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. You wanted to IN
tervene until violence and offenses
against right had become clearer and
more evident.
THE message Of your president, as
our sovereign has said, is worthy, by
the nobility of its conception and tho
dignity of it's form, TO rank with the
most inspiring pages in the history OF
ancient and immortal Rome.
by proclaiming that right is more
1 precious than peace; that autocrat gov
/ ernments. supported by the force of
arms. are a menace to civilization: by
affirming the necessity of guaranteeing
/ the safety of the worlds democracies:
by proclaiming the right of small ma
lions to live and prosper, America has
now. through the action Of her presi-
| dent. acquired a title of merit which
/ history will never forget.
Italy entered into the war with aims
/ equal to those which you pursue.
| ITALY wants the safety of her boun-
/ daries and her coasts, and she wants TO
/ deliver from long-standing martyrdom,
populations of italian race and language
/ that have been prosecuted implacably.