The Washington times., 1918-10-12
Per Dio, PItaIia Sara,"
Said King Victor Emanuel
And, "Psr DID, Italy is Nation One to Which the Deb
of This Country and the Civilized World
Can Never Be Paid.

This country does not hear or talk enough Of Italy;
does understand what 1t owes to the Italian people,
Italian courage and genius.
To Italy undoubtedly is due the fact that the allies
were able to hold out until America to end the
Future historians will give credit to Italy for what she
has done for her sacrifices her herosm in this in other
great struggles.
should not be necessary to wait for hstory's de-
cison. America nation and Americans individuals
should prove NOW that they appreciate what the world
owes to the Italians.
Italy not and never has BEEN afraid of hard fighting
or discouraged by temporary defeat
The words at the top OF this column were uttered by
the young King Victor Emanuel when his father Charles
Albert crushed by the Ausrans resigned the and
the cause Of Italy to his young seventy ago.
italian independence then seemed stretched in the dust
never to rise Young Victor Emanuel pointing his sword
toward the Austrian camp exclaimed "By the Lord Italy
shall be nation"
Italy is always will be- always has been for tens Of
centuries great nation great force for world democracy
from the days of the Gracch of whom little boys read at
school, to the recent days of Cavour Mazzni Carl
baldi, D AnnunZo
No Of intelligence will ask what this country and
the countries of Europe to Italy.
Italy had thousand unselsh for staying OUT
of this war-not selfish for entering the
She could have stayed out and fattened the misery
of others
As long as she was out of the war England France Ger
many, and Austria we're anxious not to offend her.
She could have all that she wanted, all the coal food
all the money.
She came into the war and years has done without
coal without food, without money.
She lbs burned her magnificent forests has her
beautiful I'D buildings destroyed her young killed. her
women driven into slavery And she has fought on the
n Of tod saying King Victor said seventy years ago.
sPer Did, PItaLia Sara"
No nation has made greater sacrifices than Italy-uness
It be heroic France.
No nation has shown greater unseshness greater devo
ton to liberty than did Italy in entering the war
Had she stayed she could have had what she wanted
She would have been disturbed She would be rolling
in wealth today instead of being poor her people hungry
and cold.
But is not in the nature of the Italian people to cal
cuate selshly stand aloof where duty is involved
In D'Annunzo the poet, Italy possesses a man rep
resentng the spirit of ancient Rome and of modern democ
@scy.
he laid Town his pen to inspire the crowd with his
slequg1ce, his appeals for justice.
E10 WIEN he and his brother Italians had started the
war, DAnnunzo no longer young man. made of himself
flying machine expert He took his messages to Austria
and dropped them upon the Cities he fought Prussians
the AuStans the Hungarans in the air And only the
other day. in three hours he few from the battle front in
France Milan not to stimulate the courage of the Italians
that necessary-but tell them personally the
good news Of what he had
Had not Italy come into this war making safe long
stretch Of the French frontier making possible for cannon
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