Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-26
ITALY NOW TO ENTER
ON NEW WORLD POLICY
Coming of Mission to America Marks
Departure From Traditional
Policy.

Sending of an italian war mission TO
the United States is not only an i'm
portant phase of further cooperation
| of Italy with her allies in the war, but
| also has a significance as marking her
departure from a traditional policy OF
| aloofness in financial and economic
! matters, it was learned today.
| Italy already is paving the way for
a larger participation in world com
merce and trade. it was said by the
| mission members. and one of the first
steps she will take will be to create
a gold reserve.
Her difficulties at the outset of the
war, it was pointed out, were greatly
complicated by her old policy of self
Sufficiency in economical and financial
matters. She was prosperous in her in
ternal economic organization, but she
had not the gold to go to other lands
to purchase needed raw materials The
$500, 100000 already spent in this coun-
try was made possible through arrange
ment with Great Britain to supply the
gold.
Germany and England both flooded
the United States with gold before the
war, as they did other countries, and,
without a gold reserve. Italy was un-
able to meet this competition in the
foreign trade field and she did not do
so.
First Step in New Policy.
Extension of loan by the United
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abandonment of her insular policy. eff
fects of which were felt most forcibly
when the war began. is expected to
mark a new era in 1taly's economic re-
lations with other world powers.
For a long time Francesca Nitti, one
of the most brilliant men in Italy. au-
thor of a score or more books of inter-
national note on scientific, economic and
political subjects. worked in Italy for
a broader economic policy. His mem
bership in the mission is considered
significant. and he is expected to be a
leader in the new movement in Italy.
Members of the mission spent today
in conference with the Italian ambas-
sador and others of the embassy staff
completing arrangements for their con-
ferences next week with American Of
hc1als OF various government branches.
Upon the return of Vice President
Marshall to Washington leading men,
bers of the mission will call upon him,
and Prince Udine will deliver an ad-
dress to the Senate. including mes
sage from King Emmanuel III, to be
extended through members of Con-
gress to the American people.
To Talk Through Press.
Members of the mission also will seek
to make Italys problems more gener-
ally known in this country through
series of talks which they will make to
newspaper men, beginning probably
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will speak to the correspondents
The Italian mission includes a large
number of men who are eligible to ap-
pear on the floor of the houses of Con-
gress because they are members of the
senate of Italy. Prince Udine is an
Italian senator by birth. and Marconi,
Arlotta, Marquis Borsarelli and Minis
ter Ciuffelli also are Italian senators.
Members of the mission. including
Prince Udine, are to go to Mount Yer
non for an informal visit to the tomb
and home of Washington this after
noon, following the conference with
the ambassador. The trip is to be
made in automobiles. and they are not
to be accompanied by any American
officials but those assigned to them
while in the capital.
Tomorrow the mission will take a
cruise down the Potomac aboard the
Mayf1ower. Monday the conferences
with the various officials of this gov
ernment will begin.
Tonight there will be reception at
the Italian embassy. at which Ambas-
sador di Cellere will present mission
members to government officials of this
country.
Secretary to Italian Commission.
Miss Roberta Braddock. a Washing
School, who was lent by the District
| chapter to the British commission to be
private secretary to Mr.. Balfour while
in Washington, has now been made
private secretary to the Italian com
| mission. Miss Braddock was formerly
secretary for the Washington branch
| of the Woman'S Section of tFfe Nation.