Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-09-28
ITALIAN LEADER GREAT GENERAL

Cadorno has brought TO the expectant
Italy the daily word of her great gem
eral and the unspoken assurance OF
his faith In ultimate victory, every
day made nearer and more resplend-
ent, for the general believes in what
might be called the contagiousness of
faith, and the Identification Of the ideal
with the reality In ultimate achieve
ment. He believes that victory, be-
fore Undertaking. as a fact, must be
potentially blazing as an absolute GER
tainty in the hearts of the soldiers
and their leaders-in fact. must de-
scend from the leaders to the masses
as an irresistible, joyous flow Of truth.
He believes that discipline is the spir-
itual flame of victory. Never for one
instant has he doubted the ultimate
issue of the war; never once doubted
his own power to win, not on ac-
count of personal copceit, but be-
cause he considers himself as an agent
of necessity, an exponent of the inevi-
table march of history.
His will is infexible, because he
never seeks strength in the opinion Of
others. On the other hand, he never
makes up his mind until every side
has been considered and every item
of the contention outweighed. After
that his conclusions are drawn, and
anything that may follow finds him
answering. His strength lies largely
In, III Oh
of anything that might disturb IT that,
in fact, would disturb another man.
No useless anxiety in him; no nerve
racking Impotence.
Once away back in 1915. mayor
of an Italian city sent word that hi.
constituents had an italian flag ready
for Goritz CadorRa dismissed the
subject with a whimsical smile.
Tell him to put it away in drawer
for now"
But when, about one year later, Co
ritz was taken, the mayor received
this rather cryptic telegram from the
general himself:
you may now send along that OBJ
ject. Cadorna."
Which rather reminds you or
Dante's famous answer about the egg
with salt, at one years distance.
On New Years day of 1916, an ac-
quaintance sent him, with good wishes,
the Offering of a shaggy fur coat, and
the general answered accepting "the
fleece" as a good omen ''for the con-
quest of our ideal golden fleece" and
added: "But then, you know, in ia
sons time there were no barbed-wire
fences nor other internal devices, and
it was possible to step more lively"
Which, by the way. is a mighty good
hit at the closet-critics Of the war.
It is characteristic of the general
that such a gift he may accept with a
smile; but he definitely valves any
collective token or demonstration.
Knowing his affection for his native
place, and his regret at circumstances
having compelled his father to part
with the family homestead, it was pro-
posed to purchase and present to him
the house by national subscription.
He stopped that and desired the pro-
,eeds to be given to the home for mu-
Lilated soldiers and victims of the war.
Other demonstrations were similarly
thwarted, but it is believed that he
will not refuse to accept a sword once |
owned by Garibaldi, since it is planned |
% present it to him "at the end of the |
war"
If a general proves unfit he is ''tor-
oedoed" on the spot; If soldier shows
he right stuff, he is rewarded. His
preoccupation is: Find the |
men who have the stuff. With such
men as the Italians, first values must |
lave been developed during the war;
ind them and put them up"
His rudy. genial. open countenance,
lis boyish freedom of movement and
GESTURE, Interestingly contrasting with
he wilderness of hair and mustache;
lis clear, forceful voice and the def
lite, resolute things that it expresses,
With breezy sense of vitality that is
lutte refreshing TO the nearer, all
ONE in for a share in the exceptional
y attractive personality of this gen
leman warrior" who, as a young lieu
enant in 1870 stood by his father and
elped him give Rome to Italy, and as
mature leader of men may or may
ot give Trieste to Rome in 1917, but
7ill forever stand in the eyes of Italy
nd the light of the world as the true
representative of the righteous fight of
attn civilization against the barbaric
rutality of the Huns.