New-York tribune., 1920-11-07
Nationalists
In Italy Renew
Fight ON Reds
Indifference of the Public
to Growth of Radicalism
Blamed for Conditions
Now ParaIyzing Trade
Wilson Held at Fault
Man in the Street Holds
President Accountable
Even for Higl, Living Cost
From d Special Correspondent

ROME, Oct. 81. -- The Nationalist
party, which, since the death of it's
founder, Domenico last year, has lost
its old power as an enemy to socialism.
is now roorganizing and will join
forces with the fascists. patriotic
liberal union consisting for the most
part of Deputies and Senator's, with
their followers
Their efforts will be entirely used
TO rouse public opinion against the
ansrchistic branch Of the Socialis;
party. It is the indifference of the
public which allows the Red element
20 increase It's power every day, there
by causing an abnormal situation
which now seems to be paralyziAg the
trade and commerce of northern italy
The man in tho street, unless he is
factory worker, is not cogN;zant OF
anything out Of the ordinary. That
the real danger is tina, the Reds will
one day gain complete nowcr is COR
sidered here to be the most ridiculous
statement that person could make.
What worries him is the high cost of
food, but he does not imagine that the
strikers disturbances in the north of
Italy have anything TO do with it.
Wilson Held an Enemy
The average Italian. man who
works during the day and spends his
evenings with his friends in a cafe or
wine shop, hardly ever reads he
newspapers now, as they cost cents.
nc generally gets his news from
friends who arc united in the one idea
that the whole cause of the present
unsettled condition Of trade and com
merce is the result Of Woodrow Will
sons hatred Of Italy.
Ask any Italian. no matter what his
profession or trade, what mas caused
this abnormal condition among the
workmen, and he Will invariably reply:
President Wilson is to b.amc, as he
prevented the Adrlatic questions from
being solved"
Italians consider that one man alone
- their enemy and they have not
changed this opinion during the last
year. To them the Adriatic question
-.llNc cancer which is eating into
the Vita OF the country. A diplomat
asserted: Had Wilson allowed Italy
to come into her Just dues, the gov
>rnnsn. would have been able to gov
orn the country, as there would have
beeH NJ discomfort for the Socialists
20 work on
"The old sligo of theirs, The gov
ernment has cheated you people Of the
fruits u victor a. your half million
soldiers died in vain would not have
cen sroEcr and tho workmen would
Socialist continual
orders to strike"
.aey -4N~ ealize that the fault
Aos III their very Indifference . what
;s goi0g 9A around them Even the
announcement tat in q newspaper Of
lcr in Milan tie police soquestered
oocuncns which incrim nate Maa-
'esta in an ararchist.c pot to over
.hvew the present government, and his
Fu' 7eGrcNt arrest, failed to arouse
N, irdirnation.
And yet tie c 'nnunist propaganda
has been pre~ched for two Years, ev
concueled Russia. The
"r os" 0ferning the coun-
try has been to pac.fy the Socia ists
and the Confederation Of Labor evou
es If the country de
lr~~dod firm hand Now the al'arcA-
lsts dream of nothing but second
Russia
Unrest Eard 'o Curb
Even Premier Giolitt, man who
has had many esp riencos in qcc,-ln
Socialist uprisines d0fia- his six ter'n
their lack Of patriotism is drawing
lta'y into a state OF unlcst ard rebcl-
lion which even he finds hard t,
handle
D- I aeen- cavso continual fric-
ton between The WorkrarN and the d.
rfc .~~ dN 2rv- NATURAL
Is. the men cannot settle en to wor,.
A. antoinobi e rade f,e. this more
than ny othcr Industry as Itali m -
tor core and comicns ~, Ne1. much
demand in England, AMI moIe orG
{. .nN ifau ever before
Yet the 7i.tatt is Yer. low where
were tho men Z work ST ..dily not only
would the industry get On : set f,
the wor men themselves would be
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