The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-27
WORK OF ITALIAN
SOLDIERS IN WAR
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Ju9O-SlaVS May Get Ports
And it is to these fiercest foes of
! Italy that Wilson and his clique wish
/ to award Italian ports and cities who
have loudly proclaimed to the world
their plebescites, vowing to never
submit to the yoke of the Slav. They
wish to rob Italy of what is hers, Of
the ideals for which she fought, of
the enormous and unheard-of sacri-
fees for which her people suffered
aald died, for which her soldiers
bravely fought and gave their lives,
her patrimony spent to pay for the
cost of the war, and yet it is this
noble people whom Wilson with his
usurped power is endeavoring to sell
into slavery far worse, but far worse
than was ever German oppression
! And this is justice-and it is for this
: the Italian people fought and with
| the blood of their martyrs immortal
lied the cities who are now calling
to Italy, the motherland, for free
dom Wilson came to Europe with
IA points, like IA keys of idealism,
/ to open the hearts of sincere and be-
! lieving peoples Yet he has trampled
on all of these IA points as he has
/ trampled on the idealism of the peo-
pie who have bravely fought and
won, the plebiscite Of Fiume so un-
animously given by the entire people
who so spontaneously gave their vote
1 to be united in Italy, the motherland,
/ Wilson, with no right whatsoever, re-
! fuses to sanction. Does he think
/ himself an autOcrat to assume the
prerogatiye of condemning to serYi-
/ tude~ and slavery free and cultured
/ peoples? Perhaps he has thought
that in America the vote Of the Slavs
| residing here is more numerous than
/ that of the Italians and that self in
| terest is more than justice. He spoke
of open treaties and condemned Sc
cret diplomacy, yet has he made
! known to the world all of his secret
/ agreements? Other countries have
their wealth in coal, in iron and in
/ petroleum.
Italian Industries Weak
Italy has none Of these essential
/ products of modern industry, but
/ has instead her ports and their cOmz
merce. She does not ask other ma
tions to give her their coal and iron
for nothing, on the contrary her Eng
/ lish Allies during the entire war
made her pay preposterous prices for
these materials Then why should
they wish to force from her one of
! her principal sources of wealth, ap-
propriating to themselves financial
4 enterprises and cheating the Italian
people out of their livelihood and eX-
istence? Are the Allies BOlsheviks?
All the world has condemned and
rightly censored Germany for her
disregard and refuse to sign the pact
of London, signed by them in their
hour of need and sacrificed with
blood of the courageous Italian sol
diers. The Italians are a sincere and
trusting people, they always had a
great friendship and esteem for the
! American people, but now they feel
1 disilIusioned and their faith is shak-
en-, yet still l hear them say, 1T is
not the American people but Wilson
and his clique Italy is a land Of at
least 5000 years of civilization from
the Siculi, the Illyrian and the Etrus-
can to the Saniti and the Roman,
from BeIisario to Columbus, from
Archimedes to Calico, from Virgil
to Dante, Raphael and Michelangelo,
Volta and Garibaldi, through all the
centuries down to our present day in
lD'Annunzio and Marconi, Italy is one
long line of the greatest genius that
the world has ever produced. Let
the Americans understand and ap-
preciate what Italy has done and as
they have fought and won their free
dom a century ago, appreciate and
help Italy, who has fought, sacrificed
and shed the finest of her blood and
yet is kept from freeing her people