Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-08
MarcOni Proudly Tells
of His Nations PrOwesS

ROme.-ltaly, now that Austria
Hungarta is out of the war, is ready
to extend to the peoples of that coun-
try the hand of friendship. declared
I senator Guglielmo Marconi, the head
OF the Italian mission to the United
states in 1917, to the Associated
Press. The splendid offensive of the
Italian Army, he said, had brought
about the collapse of Austria, and
Germany will soon surrender The
Italian Army and Navy in the cam
paign against the enemy had perform
ed deeds Of which their countrymen
might well be proud.
Austria's final collapse" said
Senator Marconi, was caused by the
spendid offensive of our Army. 1t has
brought definite victory within our
reach. We may still look for some lit
tie trouble in bringing Germany to her
senses, but with Austria definitely out
OF the war and with Italys ve.eran
leSlons free TO throw themselves
against Germany, either on the
through Bavaria, we ought not to be
long IN convincing the Teutons of the
tutllity of further resistance.
Italy may well be proud of her
soldiers and sailors. There is per-
haps no other instance in history of
an Army which suffered such a re-
verse as that of Caparetto. retreating
before the devastating rush of the
enemy and yet succeeding in turning
IKE stag at bay and holding up
that enemy behind a scant protection
OF mountains and rivers until help
could arrive, and then within a year
to throw themselves forward and
force the enemy to surrender. 1t is,
indeed, noble achievement which
reflects more glory on the Italian
arms than if the retreat from the
lsonzo had never occurred.
Snfeguarded by Wilson
MY countrymen may we'll be proud
also of our Navy. There is no other
nation in this war which can point to
such men as Rizzo, Pelligrini, Rosetti
and Paolicci, who not only had the
sheer audacity merely to conceive
such exploits as they performed, but
had the nerve, courage, daring and
skill to carry them out successfully.
AT last, after three and one-half
years of privation and suffering patti
entity borne, after so many appalling
losses. after passing through depths
OF deSpairand enduring moments when
all seemed lost, at last the scales of
Justice have been weighed down in
our favor We may calmly look to
the future and face it and say:
"'At last the world again is to
know the blessing of peace. Safe
guarded by President Wilson's i'm
mortal principles, we will be able to
settle down and recover from the ef-.
fects of this war without the constant
threat of another confiagration hangz
ing over our heads. At last the sway
of military and brute force is at an
end. An era Of peace and good will
among men has begun
AT last the hour of eXpiation for
OF
crimes and expressions. 1t really
seems sort of poetic justice that her
deathblow should be delivered by
Italy, nation which, perhaps, suf-
fered most at her hands in the past.
One might feel sorry for her plight
were there not abundant evidence in
the villages and cities of Fruili, just
reconquered that Austria in no wise
has changed her ways.
Italians StilI For Justice
1T is plain that the Austria of 1918
Is the same Austria of the forties.
When we see that the population OF
the provinces lost after the Caporetto
disaster have been starved and rob-
bed, their women mistreated and
property wantonly destroyed for pure
love of destruction, when we hear that
old men have been treated so shame
fully that all they ask is a bite of
bread and rifle with which to avenge
the insults suffered at the hands of
the invaders, when we see and hear
all this can we feel pity for such a
foe? One might as well feel pity for
the criminal who is about to suffer
capital punishment for foul muir
der.
But, in spite of all this, we will not
treat the Austrian population in a
spirit of vengeance. for we do not
consider them wholly responsible for
the actions to which they had been
instigated by their rulers. If the
various peoples of Austria are ready
to form their own governments ac-
cording to the principles formulated
by President Wilson and to govern
democratically we, on our side, are
in friendship and to live with them
as good and peaceful neighbors."