Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07

Huns on her frontier soil and the SOCIALISTS
and Radicals within the land.
Victor Emanuel Is a name to conJure
victory wlth--an inspiration to glory o"
the battlefield and solidarity in the nation,
Victor Emanuel Orlando is the name Oh
the new Cabinet chief. Primarily an eou-
Gator and jurlst, he has turned to states
manship, and is regarded as one OF the
real leaders in Italian public life. He has
come to the fore In the national emergency
created bv the downfall of the Boselli Goa
lltion.
Pren1ier's Record
Prof Victor Emanuel orlando VINO mas
formed the new Italian Cabinet on the pass
ing out Of the Boselli coalition, Is one OF inc
ablest men in Italian public life. lawyer
aged ffty-seven years, he has held various
professorships in Jurisprudence at Palermo
M,dena and Rome He has been active In
politics since 1897 when he was elected
deputy. In 1908 he entered Gloilt'i -
Cabinet as Minister Of Public instruction
Since June 1916, he has been Minister OF
the Interior under the aged Boselli' Orlahuo
is a man Of culture and author OF many
important legal works.
When Boselll organized his Cabinet In
June of last wear Italy heaved sigh of
relief II was felt that the judgment OF
the octogenarian statesman and his we'll
known con servatsm would counterbalance
the radicalism of men like Bissolati and
that the Bosell coalition ministry would
last a few months at least. No one, how
ever, was bold enough to prophesy that 1t
F,. arlN
half The fact that It did so was tribute
to the guiding power of the kindly elder
| statesman" who, like Cincinnatus was sum
moned out of pleasant political retirement
in order to serve his country IN moment
Of need,
The task which Boselli faced was, how
ever. a picayune labor compared with that
which faces Orlando. 1t is a task from
which many more experienced statesmen
might pardonably shrink. Orlando takes
office in a day of gloom such as his country
has not known since the war began. Proud
| ly she entered the great conflict against
Austria, and bravely has she carried her
standards across the mountains - losing
| hundreds of thousands OF lives in the ult-
hcult onward march--only to be thrown
back ANONYMOUSLY in one of the greatest
Allied catastrophes of the war. We need
| not believe too readily the rumors Oh
cowardlce which are being put abroad, but
we must believe that the terrible reverse
| which has Detallen Ine lltlldu dAllllCS i"o
| nor been exaggerated. The details or GER
many's victory-that of wiping out, in the
short space Of two three days. the Italian
effort of eighteen months. with the terrible
, wastage Of human life involved-are too
clear and too we'll substantiated to make
; US doubt the truth.
To Restore Nations Honor
Orlando must be a brave soul to promise
in such an hour Of national denression ana
shame the resuscitation Of his country
: honor That Is really what his acceptance
: NJ the premiership means Before he under
i took TO form his Cabinet he must have
4 known of the Italian defeat, or at least have
$ been prepared for It,
The new Premier Is one of those publc
i men-and there are dozens of them in Eu
e rope-who conscientiousy build up in their
:. own countries a reputation for conspicuous
, | capacty but are never heard or by the
, outside world until some event OF political
u importance at home becomes OF internatloh
i | al interest Orlando Is one of the class we
n | roenfion-unlxnown yesterday outside Italy
| hut known everywhere today because MS
II merits In the past have justified his pro
motion to the highest office In the state
s ! His career has held no hashy moments
p What he has done he has done Wen Du
the repute gained by his efforts has peer
local only He has been in public life FOL
If twenty years, and yet 1t was not until thi'
#, year when as Home Secretary. he refused
, passports 70 the Italian Socialists TO go t'
the Stockholm conference, that ne was eve
S mentioned at any length In the foreign
n press It was Orlando who said at ina
time the Stockholm conference was ma
'neuver of the Central Powers, AIDED D!
Russian extremists" and that Is what !
developed into. which goes TO show tina
Orlando II he was an unknown at tn
time possessed the knack of putting tn
ID political truth into nutshell.
is His Personality
The new Italian Premier Is tall, well
8 built. grayish man OF htty-seVeh, WIN p,,l
Or liant eyes and pompadour hair or dis
20 tinRulshed appearance he had an equal
distinguished career. He was born a
IN Palermo in 1860 and took his degree a
ne doctor of laws at the University of Palel
Ia, mo in 1881 Four years later he becam
- nrofessor Of Jurisprudence at the Univel
Is sity of Modena. and In 1888. after shoI
IN stay at Messina. went back to Palerm
.lc as full professor For nearly ten Yeal
- he now devoted himself to his teachir
&c duties but found time TO write a veT
Important treatise on the principles
ch | Constitutional Law" since accepted as
,,1 standard Italian work on the subject
loi Success of educational, juristic and II
ne erary works paved the way for his entl
pa into the Chamber of Deputies In 1888
- When GIoltti the 'old fox" who WI
"a given his political duietus by Gabre
eu d'Annunzio two years ago, formed his Ca
DR. met in 1908 he made Orlando Minist
nd of Public Instruction. In the Gioltti Ca
met Of 1909 he was Minister Of JustiC
and In the Salandra Cabinet Of Novemb'
'us 1914, was appointed 10 the same post. tt
Iu- important office was held by Orlando un
-. | BoselH formed the coalition Ministry
June 1915. when he was promoted to I
a more important post Of the Interior.
,ia Such is the brief record OF the polltl,
.,ai activities Of Orlando. who, In politi,
parance, is known in Italy as "a safe mar
and IN whom the Italian King has so (
for placed his confidence as to ask him
ans accept the highest office in that monarc
- gift. Premier Orlando is possessed Of gr,
'eu powers OF physical endurance. and h
can shown In the past that he Is a man
ms great political courage.
,i,c He Is the "man Of the hour" in Italy, a
those who have studied his career feel c.
be hdent II will be the hour Of triumph,
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