Evening star., 1919-04-23
ITALIAN REVOLUTION LIKELY
IF PEACE DEMANDS ARE LOST
Baron Sonnino' Policy May Lead to Over
throw of Government by Giving Social
lists and Bolshevists Cue to Strike.

plete supremacy of the Mediterranean,
Wh,cn would be challenged through
RAYS undfsputed control of the Ad-
riatic, and. furthermore, France il
Dac.king Serbia and Greece for purely
poiiticai reasons. But whatever the
reasons. there. nevertheless. exists the
aesire IN the part t'of the allies to see
cr htion Of Popular Feeling. !.
But sonnino. Immediately upon the
signing Of the armistice, threw his
innuence and his popular backing into
the scales and spread Italian mill
tary forces out into every crevice that
might be allotted to Itaiy tbrourh
tho treaty Of London il the pact Ware
sustained in Paris Through his in
stfumentality he placarded Italy from
one end to another with Arguments a
70 Why Italy should have Fiume ana
Ia nsimatia and why there should be
presenting united front.
inese signs were everywhere con-
1ronted by President Wilson when he
made his now famous trip to Roma
Genoa, Milan and Turin. Grent OH,
Gals and small, in their addresses ~
welcome, in their adieus, always sought
to, commit the President to the Italisn
claims for Fiume and Da jmatia
through all the means Of pubIicifv
known to the modern propaeandists
tne Ieehng among Italians in every
quarter was aroused in behalf of the
Sonnfno policy. 'Ho
Orlando Dare Not Oppose.
So great did popular feeling in re-
gard to Fiume and Dalmatia become.
6n,a ana SO stIong Is 1t today. that Premier
mn ov,I
oppose it for the sake of his own no
ntical destinies. But at heart, Premier
Orianoo, were he not by the very
1orce OF the Italian political situation
neld IN line. would reach agreement
,s WIN sne allies in no time. Sonnino's
taking the initiative, unless sonnino
speaks: This accounts for the fact
that the extreme Italian policy was
presented to the council Of four hv
tne foreign minister rather than the
premier. Possibly Sonnino did not
care to trust the presentation Of HE
policy to a~half-believer: possibly Or
lando did not want to appear in ~.
eyes OF the world as a grabber. or take
responsibility for a policy which might
pre1udice Italy in the eyes of the
world, particularly when other nations
were making sacrifices for the com.
mon cause of humanity.
What Sonnino May See.
If Sonnino can obtain Fiura .,a
Dalmatia he will be Italv's next
premier. Possibly be may foresee the
day OF revolution in Italy when more
democratic forms of government NAV
De set up. and when he may become
president OF new republic. At any
rate. sonnino is pressing on and on,
embarrassing the allies Of the world
emphasizing the differences that exist
between the allies. thereby lending moral
support to an enemy with whom the
allies are about to treat, and otherwise
embarrassing Italy's cause rather than
helping it.
In commenting upon the apparent
compliance of Premier Orlando to
the aggressive role Of Sonnino, when
Orlando ostensfbly has the reins of
power. statesmen. in Rome declare
that Orlando. in this Italian political
night which Is carried into the peace
conference in Paris. possibly is play
ing the wiser game and permitting
Orlando to hang himself with his
own rope. Still others believe that
Sonnino is right in demanding the
reclamation of all italian peoples to
of consequences. basing their views
on the centuries-old fear of Italy
again being overrun. But there are
others who insist that both Orlando
ana Sonnlno are wrong; Orlan ndo for
apparent compliance to demands
which can do Italy no good, and Son.
nino for assuming his aggressive
stand.
Possible Great Reaction.
AS 1 have stated. through the ag-
gressiveness Of the italian policy, the |
Sonnino doctrines. the Italian peo-
pies have been led to believe that |
Fiume and Dalamtia are absolutely
essential to the prosperity and well |
being of Italy. The peoples of the |
country have been ready to accept |
the present government at it's word. |
Tremendous waves . of patriotism
have been builded through continued
preachments of the Sonnino policy.
Very truly spoken is the claim of
Italian peace delegation In Paris that
it dare not return home If Fiume and
Dalmatia are not obtained through
the processes OF barter which they
have sought to set into motion in |
Paris. II they do return on the very
face Of things they must confess de-
feat in the very things for which |
they have aroused a nation. The re-
action will be far reaching. Sonnino
will go down and drag Orlando with |
him, if not the whole governmental
sc.erie, of thin~@e -