Evening star., 1920-03-04
EUROPE IN DANGER
. OF LOSING POSITION
Premier Nitti Urges Victors
and Vanquished Work for
Continental Restoration.
Nv tic 4 ASSnriatnd prcss

Ky til" Associated Press.
LONDON. March 4.--Europe is in
danger of permanently losing the
position she held in the world before
tho outbreak of the world war. says
Premier Nitti Of Italy in an inter-
view printed by the Manchester
Guardian today. He points out that
Europe is no longer a creditor. but
is on the debit side of the ledger.
Public order in Italy Is good. he
says. and il that country could get
her minimum requirements in coal.
foodstuffS and raw materials she
would be able to reconstitute her
self economically. The success of
large number of socialist deputies in
the last Italian election, he says, may
make his work more arduous. but it
VIII not he observation-disclosures to the
country, because the present parlia-
ment lis representative of all politi-
cal currents in Italy. and that is the
best safeguard against revolution.
NO attention must be paid to
rumorS about bolshevism,' he con-
tlnues. Hard work and moderation
are the slogans of Italy at the pres
ent moment
AIIusiOn to Adriatic.
problem is made in the interview.
we shall find way out" says the
premier, and we and the JugoSlavs
will be friends. Don't magnify this
frontier controversy by talking OF
Imperialism. Our persistent demand
for the naturalization Of the eastern
| coast of the Adriatic proves the fu-
tility of the allegation of imperial
ism against Italy. Feeling naturally
exists over Fiume, because the future
of some Italians is Immediately con-
cerned but these are really questions
of statistics and not of Wild ambi-
| tionS.
What. after all. is Italy demanding
in the Adriatic? She wants strips of
territory the population of which is
less than the Italian casualties in the
war 10 not confuse issues by talk
ing of secret treaties. The pact of
London was concealed only because of
the necessities of the war. and. at any
rate. those who might complain are,
after all, the Italian people.
Debtor. Not Creditor.
Discussing tho European situation
in general and the danger of the per-
mancnt loss to Europe of her former
pre- eminent position. the premier
after pointing out that Europe hao
passed from the status OF creditor
before the war to a debtor after it,
adduced other reasons for his opin-
ion. Abiding to Europe's pre-war
status. he said:
"rhcn she was the most productive
region. in proportion to her popula-
ton, in the world. Now millions OF
her producers are unemployed. Ger
many. which was the focus of Euro
pean productivity. is paralyzed eco
nomically; southeastern Europe and
Russia are not only stagnant eco
nomically. but are in social and po-
litical confusion.
Have Common Task.
"How can Europe live if half her
energies remain suppressed. and how
can her energy revive unless the vic
tors and the vanQuished realize that
they have a common task to accom-
plish" Think of the danger Of putting
this huge mass of suffering humanity
In movement throughout central and
eastern Europe. Here. indeed, there
are poss sbilities of revolution, possi-
bilities which threaten US all. At all
costs the tension must be relaxed.
How can the vanquished pay in
IDENTITIES unless their productivity is
restored by ALLEGATION Of raw mater
ials. 1t is a great thing we are not
going to suffocate the Turk. but will
help him to his feet, like any other
ruined people"
The premier expresses strong con-
viction in favor Of restoring normal
relations with Russia, adding: There
should be no more meddling with the
Internal affairs of one country by an
other