The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-14

Italy with N dccp devotion that needs
no words 20 be expressed. built, mind
and body. on generous lines; radlating
power and energy from his whcin
countcnance. and above all simple. UNI
assuming. optimistic, with a slight
touch OF humor n a great reserve
fund OF goodness and strength, he
deserves fully the love OF his soldiers.
the gratitude OF Italy and the adj
miration OF the world.
Pew people know OF remember.
outside 81 Itn.v, tina, he Is the son Of
that general Count Rarfaeie cadorna
who entered aome with the Italian
troops in 1870. and save Il thus for
q capital to the Kingdom Of Victor
Emmanuel the Second. with whom. as
with Count Cavour aud a few others.
he ranks high In the reverent memory
lof the nation.
~Cadorna ls the only supreme COM
mandcr Of any allied army that has
never been removed or promoted
from hts post. Just as sonnino IL the
only minister OF foreign affairs UNI
changed since the beginning Of things:
and both hold ont as good now as at
the beginning. which speaks well for
the steadiness Of the much-herated
Latin nerves. and both hold their high
! offices with the ulles confidence Of
their king. their country. the army
and the allies.
"A more careful spender OF human
life and Of the strength Of his sol
! dicrs than General Cadorna can hardly
be found. but while he believes that
'~expending one life wantonly IA a
crime. he Is equally convinced that it
H. a duty not to hesitate before the
sacrifice " one hundred thousa nd
lives II need be.
As all the big minds do. Cadorns
thinks on broad lines and visuRlizes
things on a large scale, go that all the
unnecessary details that brighten ms
halt or hamper the little men are
swept aside by the powerful trend Of
hts main thought He sees right and
wrong clearly. and does not stop TO
zee II they couldn't possibly be made
to reconcile halfway down. ne sides
by the fight, and all the little frinEes
at the other end do no more exist for
him thus decent men act In a world
% men. The story is well known and
the soldier who. some minor officer
believed. couldn't be made q sergeant
because he couldn't write or perhaps
even read. Make him a sergeant by
al means, rsid the general. We don't
want him to read to US. we want him
to kesn this trench gains, the enemy
And sure enough keep the trench he
did, and helped conquer something be-
sides II.
T go back to the first days OF the
war. there II one story that shows well
the clear and quiet determination Of
the man. A very high office was held
by a general who. while he was a
brilliant and valuable officer. he'd
political views favorable to Germany.
n consequently averse to ltaly's
taking part in the war. A. soon as
Cadorna was appointed by the king TO
the supreme command, he sent FOR This
man and gave him his views more or
less as follows: 4 arm aware that YOU
entertain opinions at variance with
those that determined the present Sit
nation. and since. Notwithstanding this
fact. I - the highest esteem an1
consideration Tor your apility az an
| officer. il would make me highly un-
| comfortable to have you So near me.
/ IN such a high position. knowing an
the time that al heart YOU disapprovc
the situation, though ! am sure. that
you would do your duty.
Probably you would have filled
my place better han I may be able TO
do. bat since the king has put me into
Il. I mean 10 hold 1t to the best ~
my ability and without swerving
Whsreupon. naturally, the very high
officer retired into private life or o..
equivalent In the back yards. and tho
unhampcroG Cadorna leads on Ca Tri-
este
Sick ~Romanoffs fate might have