South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-28

years He Is the author Of the standard
Italian work on principles OF constitutional
law.
Elected 10 the chamber OF deputies IN his
thirty-seventh yes 1897, he was appointed
minister Of education IN the Giolitti cabi-
net OF 1903. minister OF justice In that OF
1909 and again in the Salandra cabinet O.
1914. and In the Boselll coalition ministr-
OF 1916 became minister OF the interior.
When the disaster Of Caporetto a few
months later made a change imperative. all
Italy hailed Crlando's call TO the pre-
mIership as the advent OF safe and strong
man. As the successful pilot OF his country
through her darkest hours since her unity
was achieved and TO complete victory his
place In world as we'll as Italian history
is secure.
The Redeemer Of Greece
To Eleutherios Venizelos. Cretan lawyer
and revOlutiOnist. belongs the double dis
tlnction OF reunitlng his native island 10
Greece and OF redeeming all Greece from
the stain PUT upon II by its GeTmanlzed
king IN treating its solemn treaty engage
mcnts as a mere scrap OF paper" Take
Jonescu sometime premier OF Roumania,
has left II on formal record that Venize-
los conduct has always justified his Chris
tian name. which may be fairly translated
protector OF freedom"
VenizeIos saw from the beginning what
were the real issues OF the world war, and
sought to align Greece with France and
England. to which Greece owed her very
existence. But as Serbia had at first
beaten off the AustrIans. the Germanized
King Constantine. whose wife was William
Hohenzollern's sister. was able to resist
and keep Greece in a craven neutrality.
When Bulgaria Joined the Huns neutrality
was no longer possible with honor. for
Greece had solemnly engaged to aid Ser
"A az v
ruption. acting through the traitorous
king. drove Nenizelos from office in 1915.
but not before he had sanctioned the land
ing OF tho allies at Saloniki
Against the king and his corruption OF
the army 20 the point where a whole
Greek division was surrendered to the
Germans Venizelos appealed to the peo-
pie. and Tisked the penalties OF open re-
belliOn. With the enforced abdication OF
Constantine in June, 1917, he returned 20
side OF her real friends and the forces
of civilization. The Greek army had been
demOralized and che funds that should
have equipped 10 used for political cor
Tuption. Thanks 70 the energy OF Vent
zelos and the aid given By the allies IL
was reconstructed rapidly and 400, 900
Greeks Joined Gen. d'Esperey In time for
the campaign OF 1918 that put Bulgaria out
OF the war. drove the Huns across the
Danube and freed Serbia,
Born in 1850. Thomas Masaryk mas
worked with both head and hands. APP
prenticed to the blacksmith's trade, fe
learned it. and left IL to win higher edu-
cation and become teacher. Professor
OF philosophy at Vienna at %. he LEFT
the certainty OF learned TO join in tbs
establishment Of the new Bohemian or
un-Germanized University OF Prague.
Elected to the Austrian parliament in 1881.
he resigned in 1898 to devote himself ID
the moral education Of his own people.
Elected again in 1907. he labored fer a
programme that might have saved its
throne TO the Hapsburg dynasty through
n real federation OF Austria HungaTys
many peoples under a constitutional in
stead OF a despotic ruler.
His opposition TO the piratical attack
upon Serbia with which the world war
opened led TO his arrest for treason. lie
had many friends in America. both as a
scientist and through personal relations.
for he had taken wife from this country.
had relatives IN this city, and his daughter
Alice had been a student of unusual dis
tinction at the University OF Chicago. The
United States interviewed TO procure his