Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-25
pON-NARPOL!CY
0F SOCIALISTS
IS SUCCEsSF Ill
Italian Premier Explains
Meaning of Last General
Elections Describes as
Absurd Reports That Ma
ton Is Now on Verge OF
Revolution

ROME, Sunday, Nov. 23-"The peo-
pie OF Europe will not have another
war, and because the socialists form a
party which always has opposed war,
the people of Italy voted for them"
said Francisco Nitu, the premier, in
explaining to the correspondent today
the present Italian situation and the
true meaning of the last general cleo
tions, when the number of socialist
members of the chamber of deputies
more than tripled. He characterized
report in circulation abroad that Italy
was on the verge of a revolution "as
simply absurd Premier Nitti con-
tinued:
1.-The result of the elections sur
prised many, but not those who fol-
lowed carefully the course of events
and their effect OF the sos deputies
in the chamber there will be about so
Catholics, a little more than $50 So
cialists and 10 to II republicans. This
leaves ESQ constitutional deputies rep
resenting moderate tendencies besides
the Catholic who are fervent patriots.
The majority of them are sincere
democrats, ready to participate in the
government of the country.
Expression of Thought
In addition the majority of social
| lists returned is not the expression OF
political program, put rather of the
peoples state of mind which can be
understood by the countries which have
gone through the war and which real
ize the conditions of unrest resulting
therefrom.
'See for instance, what happened
in Belgium where the majority of tht
socialists is enormous. Therefore, i
was unreasonable not to expect some.
thing of the same nature Four fifths
at least, of the Italian socialists be-
long to the labor party and are rep
resentatives Of the claims of the work.
ing classes in the social and economi'
fields, and, therefore, an expression O
the new great industrial democrac.
which now is being built up.
"The italian socialists form a party
designed, sooner or later, to abandon
their negative attitude for participa-
ton in the government. Most of the
votes given the socialists were no
given for the love of socialism bu
signify many other things; first tn,
discomfort inevitable after the wa
and second, the dissatisfaction felt il
Italy for the fact that her motives
|
lating Abroad must say especial,
| in America-about our condition ant
the public order in Italy, are abso
lutely false and even ridiculous
They continually say we are on tn
: verge of revolution, which is simpl,
/. absurd. Considering the exceptiona
moments Italy is passing through, lik
, all the European nations, and ais
laf bnln ha ole
J tons in Italy occurred with extraor
} dinarily few incidents worthy Q
mention.
Public Order Perfect
Now public order is perfect indee
and this is boast which few nation
can make nowadays. There is not
: single strike in Italy.
' Everything leads us to hope tina
the entire country is ready to devot
itself wholeheartedly to the muc
needed task of reconstruction. Thi
being the position of affairs in Ital!
it is easy to imagine how hard
seems to us that our condition is nc
judged with justice and equity, es
pecially by our friends in America
have often told them that their oh
stinacy in not helping US to solve ou
difficulties is only explained by the
having an incorrect, that is, no Jus
appreciation of our efforts and sacri
fices.
l TT is useless to hide the truth. Ital
\ feels she has been unjustly treate,
, Let us look at the que stion dispas
sionately: OF the tn. Europea
powers which waged war against Gel
many, Italy is the country that, pre-
q portionately to her national riches, r,
n sources and population, suffered Il
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