The sun., 1919-08-11
'NITTT NOT ALARMED
BY ITALIAN UNREST
PREMIER Tells Of Nations
Heavy Sacrifices and Hopes
for the Future.
EXTENDS HAND TO Q. S.
Expresses Confidence That So
luton Of Adriatic Issue
Will Be Found.
EXTENDS HAND TO .. s.

By the Assoctdfed Press.
povr. Aug. s (delayed) .-Francesco
xirL the Italian Premier. speaking to-
a.v NJ Italys effort in the war and the
,v,s,nces Of unrest throughout the
.or,d. declared that while there had
Ran some cases Of unrest in Italy they
r.rs not serious enough to warrant
alarm.
ar,aly's past nils pages Of history with
,ory and renown." he said. an q
d.mocracy one does not live upon the
vanished past, but upon the work and
,nOrt which the past created-which
m, present must strive at all costs to
r,rpetuate. 1t is in this task that the
Governments Of to-day are most deeply
Oncerned-the building and restoring
Of the material wrecks OF war to insure
bsalthisr enjoyment OF the principles 30
clearly defined
1T was in that aim TO perpetuate free
utitutions that Italy threw In her all
No country suffered more from the con-
dIct or the sacrifice with greater will
VAIL a million dead testify In silence
more strikingly than any other evidence
% Italy's sterling spirit A million dis
,bled, living in pain, constitute another
Of our offerings in the cause of freedom.
Five and a quarter million men went out
70 battle out Of a 100000 population
in 1915. Every available man in Italy
vas called to the colors.
Compares Two Nations.
Had America been called upon to
Contribute this proportion she would
have summoned 10000, 900 men to arms
laly's army was given willingly-eager-
ly-on the altar of liberty to bear wit
ness that right is more precious than
peace.
Before the war our annual national
sbt amounted to $4,000, 900, 900 our ad-
vent into the war has seen II rise to
$4,000, 100000. In comparison with
ether countries war debts II might
not seem stupendous, but keeping in
mind Italy's resources, 1t represents the
reatest sacrifice of them all. Italy's
national wealth aggregated but $40. OOO,-
100000 Had we been called upon for
further sacrifices we would have will
ingly given even to the limit Of our
existence.
Italy entered the war, accepting all
It's sorrows and all its dangers. Several
tines she was on the point of falling.
liaiy, contrary TO the spirit of the treaty
concluded with the Allies, remained a
eng time alone against Austria Hun
gary, facing one of the greatest armies
Of the world, outnumbering that Of Italy
BY 100000 men, more powerful in artil-
ery and stronger in strategic position.
Our military forces during those try
Ing days fought with a spirit unham-
pered hardship and privation, due to
love for enduring liberty. Inconceivable
dirculties as regards supplies and trans
port we're overcome SO magnificently that
tie world stood aghast at the herculean
achievements in engineering accom-
.Tished by our forces operating In the
'ccd, snow capped Alps and along the
bitter frigid Piave.
Says Italy Gave All.
There was not one atom of endeavor
that we withheld in seeking victory. We
gave up our homes. our youth. our
wealth, our all. that small nations might
exercise their right OF government, that
the self-determination of peoples might
be perpetuated.
Long years in the trenches made the
men OF the allied armies returning to
c'vll life nervous and restless. we see
evidences of 1t all over the world. We
nave had sporadic cases of unrest In
italy. but none serious enough to war
rant undue alarm. All attempts at gem
eral strikes have proved to be great
lailures The Italians are settling down
70 the realization that the guarantee of
lhs future of their country is to be
found in greater production of human
eoAomic wants and return to normal
commercial conditions.
The problem of the high cost Of liv-
irg VIII be brought near solution when
'he industrial groups have accepted this
need for increased output. and as long
this feeling permeates the mass of
tne Italian people fear OF revolution
OF Aslatic Bolshevism will be untounded.
TO insure this greater production we
I.ust not be handicapped by a shortage
vi material with which 20 recoup our
industries and resume our normal oper-
auon' Be assured that when once the
channels Of trade begin to assume their
ordinary function and Italy receives the
raw material and food necessary to keep
ner industrial processes In operation
mere need be no countenancing of disas-
YER or violence within the country.
intermittent isolated cases of violence