Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-26

Inc XplanatlOn or ltalyS
aspirations in the Adriatic was writ
ten by Nicola Archidiacano, now on
his way to America to perform a mis-
sion for the minister of war. It has
value in setting forth the position of
Italy as against the contentious of the
Jugo-Slavs:
BY Nichola Archidiacono.
It is necessary to brush away the
~confusion; necessary not to c%onfound
the principle of nationality and MAJ
zinis policy with the alterations of
the anti-Nationalists or the day
dreams. of the Croats and Slovenes.
Let us be precise:> Anyone who
thinks the pact of Rome is the oppo-
site of the treaty of London or it's err
rata and correction with renunciation,
although implied, of the principle of
nationality, deceives himself.
The treaty of London, so far as it
concerns Italy, is the precious quar-
antee of the allied countries for the
META, and it does not contradict the
pact Of Rome. The principle of ma
tionality underlies both. One is the
explanation, the complement Of the
other, in order hat nobody may,
imagine that in the conception of in
ternational Justice for the modern
world, liberated Jugo-Slavia might get
F" P0AS Va A4S I &S6AoAA VIA IAN
eastern slopes of the Julian Alps-all
of the ~Isonzo. with Gorilla, the Carso,
Aquileia, Udine as far as the Taglia-
mento, Istria with Triest and Pola,
and similar alterations for the po-
litical canon which much form the
base of popular rights in modern
Europe.
The pact of Rome contemplates the
Slav n~ationalities. Raising the flag Of
Giuseppe Mazzini. it demands the lib
Grafton of all the nationalities sub
jected. to Austria. 1t is the interna-
tional tribute of modern democracy to
the aspirations of subject peoples.
dennis every effort to deprive Italy of
it's natural boundaries, whether in. the
Alps or on the Adriatic, now rendered
more sacred than ever by the blood
of our victorious sons. It is necessary.
therefore, not to confuse the principle
of nationality, the great Mazzinian
! doctrine, with. the alterations of the
Jugo-Slavs, Slovenes, or Croats.
The foolish Slovene politicians want,
besides their own country on the east
ern slopes of the Julian Alps toward
Savia, all Of the italian region. all Of
the Isonzo with Gorilla, ~contending
that the majority Of the inhabitants
is Slav, according to the Austrian sta
~tistics. Above all, they must have Is
tria, with Trieste and Pola.
All that has nothing to do with the
pact of Rome. So far from it, that
Korsek, Wilson and Rybor have pro-
nounced it worthless.
A bad mess can be made of either,
distorting. offending, %profaning the
policy Of Mazzini.
Dalmatian Coast Italian.
Dalmatia is not alone considered.
Is it possible the Dalmatian coast is
not indisputably Italian2 Can the
coastal cities from Quin to Trau, from
Sebenico to SpaJa, too, perhaps, be
Slav? Are the Italians in Dalmatia
irredentists or imperialists. and is this
the policy Of nationalities? Oh. poor
Arturo Colautti and disputed islands
which share the sky and the sea with
Italy, one bluer than the other, and
have a history mostly Italian-cities
founded almost all by the Latins,
where the shrines, the a%queducts. the
walls, the consular streets which re-
main, attest Roman omnipotence!
Venice gave them the strong arm Of
it's mountaineers and the good sense
of its pilots.
Does(a tide of Slaves ride endlessly?
asked 'Colautti. And the Dalmation
poet answered: What matters it? In
spite of this, our fathers would not
have neglected to devote their lives to
the republic whose flags sleep hidden
in our churches" And thou. poor Co
lautti, for this were you betrayed and
wounded by eleven bayonet thrusts
delivered by the imperial police