Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
ITALIANS WANT
NATIONAL RIGHTS
Massmeeting at the Queen Theatre
Sunday to Protest Against
Foreign Aggression.

Representative Italians met last night
IN the Italian Republican Hall to perfect
plans Tor mass meeting to he held in
tho Queen Theatre, Fifth and Market
streets, next Sunday, at ) p. M, to pro-
test against the intrIgues Of the lupo
Slavs who, they sly are working diplo-
matically to deprive Italy Of her natural
eastern frontiers which include Trieste
lsirla and Dalmatis. he Follow ing
officers were elected: Chairman, DR. L.
Naccaro; secretary, 1homas ID Aquino:
treasurer, DIR. 7. a. NJ Rovitti. The
committee IN charge consists of Anthony
torlcto, Carmine Di Mare, MIR Cherchio.
J.. Picciotti, MIR. Neniresca. Mr. Gantera.
MIR. D'Alonzo, MIR Cericoa, MIR. hi
Sabatino, Mr.. Fortunate, Mr.. Verder4me.
Mr. fidanzn, Mr. Lista, G. DE Stcfano,
Del Crosse and MIR Constsntin
The mass meeting will be addressed
hy Captain Sapelli, ex-governor of italian
Somaliland, and Dr Joseph Furani of
Pola, secretary of the Italian Unredeemed
ncmocracl. Ohci.l films of the Italian
Austrian war will lie shown ond NO
entrance fee charged. In connection with
the mass meeting, the chairman, DIR. J..
Siecaro. has issued the following ex-
planatorv statement on the reasons why
Italy should have her now redeemed
territories
The reasons why the Italians OF the
now redeemed territories want To he
united 10 Italy are historical, ethical,
political and reasons of self-defense.
Trieste, Tstria and the eastern shore OF
the Adriatic have belonged for sly cen
turies To the great Roman Empirc, of
which they formed two provinces During
I. Il. a. 4 .g.4I IL
Latin speaking population, with latin
customs and manners This Latin char
acter Of the people and the country has
never disappeared 'ftcr rather varied
history during the rsi half Of the Middle
Age, they came under the rule of the
Venetian Republic during nine centuries
This period has been the golden age
of the Adrati Sea- About 100 years
ago Napoleon gave then to Austria
Hungary. which state has always opposed
the population cndeavoring by every
means To stamp ont ltallanlty. They
are inhabited by population for the
most part Italian by race, language,
manners and sympathics. Only certain
parts of Dalmatia are inhabited by a
Slavic population, which however, speak
Italian also and show no hostile feelings
towards the Italian people. The towns
arc almost exclusively inhabited by
Italians, who pay four-hfths oi the taxes
and have all the liberal professions,
commerce and industry, IN their hands
II II Italian civilization which gives Its
distinctive character to the country
The Italians Of those countries are
a democratic people who want 20 be
governed along democratic lines and not
by small gang of Austrian feudallstlc
ariStocrats Therefore they want 10 be
united to their brcth en- 81 Italy. because
italy is n democratic country. governed
hy the people and for the people, They
are sure that under the libcri Italian
govern cnt they will he free people. not
oppressed by a foreign power and able t.
develop freely all their moral and spiritual
faculties. In order to ENJOY peacefully
the results of IFS own activity, every
country must have strong natural frontiers
which can be defended easily against
present or future enemies. The eastern
frontiers of Italy were, until tn" armIstIce
was concluded IN the hands Of the enemy
and the housegatc Of Italy was open TO
the inroads of the foe. I'llS dangerous
situation mu cease Italy must be the
mistress Of her own housegate and III
corporate these regions which constitute
the frontier and the borderland 10 the
East Gorlzia Trieste. tiunc lsfria and
Northern Dalnatia must become Italian
in the political sense of the word also, as
they are Italian historically and by their
civilization.