Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-21
ITALY is UNITED
TO WIN THE WAR.
DR.. Ferrero Says Success Of
Italian Resistance Is Result
Of National Feeling.

THE powerful resistance of the
Italian Army 10 the Austrian drive is
the result of a renewed spirit of patri-
otism and determination to win the
war which has swept all political fac
tions in Italy into one united people
backing the army and the government
in their resistance to the Austrian
invader"
This statement was the comment of
DR.. Felice Ferrero, head of the Italian
Bureau of Information, New York City,
based on dispatches which he has re-
ceived within the past two days from
Rome.
1.-The united purpose of the coun-
try" said DR.. Ferrero, "in spite of
political differences in opinion, is in
dicated by the enthusiastic reception
recently accorded King Victor Eman-
ueI in Rayenna, 4 center of Republic
can and Socialistic sentiment"
DR.. Ferrero made public cable
gram, describing a two-day visit by
the King TO the Rayenna district in
the province of Emilia.
The King spent the two days in
/ speeding the magnificent public works
in Ravenna, Dagna, Cayalo, Lugo and
Lombarda. He was accompanied by
the Mayor of Rayenna and represen-
tatiyes of the agricultural associa-
tions belonging TO the various politi-
cal parties. Among his guides were
leaders of the federation of co-opera-
| tive socialistic bodies and the CO.
operative tenantry.
| The King everywhere was received
with marked signs of Difference. He
| paid homage to the memory of Anita
Garibaldi, visiting a tablet recording
4 her death and also the historical
/ chamber in Guiccioli's farm where the
heroine died.
At the departure of the King, the
Republican and Social Mayors ex-
pressed their pleasure at being able
to entertain him and also expressed
+, their qualification at his frequently ex-
pressed admiration of the magnificent
agricultural progress of the country
The citizens of Ravenna received the
| Sovereign with an equally enthusiasts
| tic demonstration and when the King
automobile was on the way to the
| tomb of Dante, il was surrounded by
crowd which applauded him uproar-
| iously The automobile was showered
with flowers and was frequently un-
able to proceed owing to the pressure
of the multitude which surrounded it.
The King found himself shaking hands
with hundreds of his people. Through
the stress and public squares OF
Ravenna and even in the suburbs this
demonstration continued
Along the Romagnole highway
through a country populated by small
| farmers and agricultural laborers, the
peasants enthusiastically greeted the
Royal Guest. At the gates of Lugo
the Cayor of the City Council receiv-
ed the King. After visiting the Red
Cross hospital. King Victor climbed
the municipal rock afoot, stopping
along the route to greet the crowds
which cheered him, the army and
Italy.
Probably the most significant cpl
sode of the visit occurred when the
King visited the largest wine-growing
establishment in the valley owned by
prominent Republican He remind
ed the King that local traditions of
hospitality demanded that the guests
drink wine with the proprietor. He
invited the Sovereign to his house
where he was received by the Repub-
lican leaders family and democratic
ally partaking of the hospitable wine.