New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

wound opened in the most sensitive
part of our spirit and of our soul.
The Allies would have to be on the
alert for our new irredentism, that
would naturally have more strength
than that OF the .Jugo- Slavs.
Only by giving Fiume to Italy Can
the AlNs compensate the wrong
done to her in not recognizing her
sacrifices, her victories, in humiliat
ing her by allowing the participation
OF the representatives Of Jugo-
Siavia, remainder of defeated Aus
tria, to The peace conference.
AS against these arguments the
ones adduced to Premier Nitti carry
no weight whatever. Signor Nitti,
upon entering Office, promised the
Italian people to get Fiume fol.
Italy and not to make political re.
nunciations. His promises now turn
out 30 be a mere trick to secure for
himself the vote Of the Chamber Of
Deputies, for the government of Or
iando fell just for not having dc.
Tended more strongly the Italian
rights at Paris.
To-day, on the contrary. our GOV
ernment is doing nothing to support
the patriotic spirit of the majority
of the Italian people--that is, to de-
fend their aspiration to Fiume.
Moreover, by constantly pleading
the poverty Of italy the Nitti gov
, ernment is damaging its own eco
aomic interests.
The dollar to-day is worth 10 lire
and 60 centimes, the cause of which
is That italys need of coal and wheat
has been advertised by the gov
ernment
Those who see clearly will under
stand that the game cur government
IS playing is but political game to
subdue the minds of the people of
Italy and then to make them swaI-
low its own solution of the Fiume
question.
The present conditions of Italy
are not by any means SO desperate
as the Nitsi government tries to
make the world believe.
Italy, as all other European ma
tons, is bearing to-day the conse-
Quences of the war
She feels its Consequences more
than other countries, first, be-
cause she entered the war while her
financial conditions were not very
favorable (and this the Allies
should have appreciated) second,
because Italy has no raw materials
or coal, and her wheat supply is
limited. Nevertheless, Italy is far
from the hopeless situation that the
Hon Nitti is daily exposing to the
world
America is great country, rich
in raw materials; the genius and
initiative Of her men deserve our
admiration.
America is progressing greatly
and quickly in her industries and in
her intellectual development. We
want to be friends, but we cannot
be if America takes advantage of
our critical conditions.
If Italy did not lose any of her
sons by starvation in the year of
'Gaporetto, when the three-fourths Of
food stored at the other side of the
Piave was captured by the enemy,
and if those hard conditions did not
break our spirit no hardships that
might be imposed upon us by our
allies could force us on our knees.
To-day Italy needs less in the way
Of supplies than in war time, for her
production of wheat is increasing.
In the mean time, Rumania and
Hungary have already agreed to
supply part Of the needed cereals.
The raw material and coal that
italy needs cannot be denied us by
America, for by so acting she would
be risking the loss of the Italian
market that Germany already is
trying to reconquer.
If America desires to follow the
right path ! think that she has moth
ing to lose by going hand in hand
with Italy, whose industries need a
continual supply Of raw material.
America should help us IN our
righteous battle for Fiume, because
America must know that the cause
Of Fiume is deep rooted in the ltal-
ian soul.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio to-day Is the