The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-16
ITALIAN DOCTOR
DENIES RUMORS
Rafael Lamacchia Insists
that Press Reports
Are Exaggerated.
GOVERNMENT STABLE

IN the United States last week gave a
very interesting and comprehensive
interview to the Evening News today
regarding conditions in Italy, The doc
tor is in an unusual position to know
facts first hand there, not only be-
cause of his being a native of that
country, but also because his educa-
tion and post graduate work has tax
en- him among all classes. His five
years fighting in the past war gave
him intimate touch with the staff off
GERS and civilian personnel who had
charge of the Italian army and civic
affairs.
Italy in Good Shape.
'Italy," he stated, sis greatly mis-
Judged by foreign countries. We are
really in excellent shape, but due to
the fact that we do not come into con-
tact with America as other countries
Theoretically England, France and
Germany-news from our country is
distorted and items that are in reality
of local character are given undue
prominence. And that frequently to
our disadvantage.
The government, for instance, is
stable. Yet from reading American
papers one would gather the impress
sion that it was about to fall. The
so-called soviet at the Fiat fac
tory is a farce. Yet Americans gather
the idea that it is the beginning of a
red terror If we in Italy took the
account of the soviet rule of your
federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
woth in the same spirit we would be
lead to believe that America had fall
len ALREADY into the hands of Lenine,
and his followers.
Radicals in Minority.
'Ttaly is essentially sound In the
Chamber of Deputies which is COM
posed of sos deputies the Socialists
have only some $50 members. These
one hundred and fifty it is true, advo-
cate in their platform, the overthrow
of the monarchy but they don't believe
in the Russian form of misrule. Rath-
err they favor republic along the or
der of that of the United States.
"The extreme radical propaganda
comes of course from Russia. The
people as whole are not in favor of
it and the red gold spent in our coun
try has to a large extent been wasted.
A few leaders have become converts
but the mass of The people and the
leaders in general are not tainted with
these ideas that have wrought the ruin
of Russia"
Plenty of Food.
"Food conditions in Italy are in
good shape There is plenty of food
and the people are not going hungry.
The government has charge of all food
distribution. The food controller buys
wheat and other supplies needed at
the market price and then resells the
same to the people at less than half
the cost price-or in otheTs words at
the pre-war cost.
"A great part of our food supplies
comes from America. Wheat, the prin-
cipal necessity for the nation, comes
from the U. S. Our meat comes from
the packing houses in Chicago. We al
so get tobacco, sugar, manufacturing
oils and greases and many other
things direct from the U, S.
Too Much Gold
"The people have more money than
they ever had before. That is one of
our troubles. The laboring people
have made so much money during and
after the war that they are refusing
~ xuorly Tba1y 6or,,ro &c lone, &c 4ba1y
have plenty of money in their pockets
that there is no necessity for labor.
Cali the large manufacturing plants
have more work than they can handle
but it is impossible for them to get
the men to perform the labor. Plenty
of work but no laborers.
King Another II. r.
"The king himself is popular. He
is another Theodore Roosevelt. If
the government is ever overthrown the
first president of the republic will be
Victor Emmanuel III. He is a won
der. During the war and after he has
been the friend of all the people. He
is democratic and as much at home in
a vineyard, on a farm with poor
peasant, with private in the army, or
in factory as he is with the crowned
heads of Europe. There is no more
genuine and popular ruler or leader
in the world than the present ruler
of Italy.
Soldiers Taken Care of.
ale has always assisted the army.
Every officer discharged froA the
army is given about $4,000, every en-
listed man is given a hundred francs
and new suits of clothes. The dis
abled or wounded men in the army are
given pensions and taken care of the
balance of their days. During the
war they were also protected by in
surance. The soldiers are all salts
fed by the way they have been looked
after.
"Ita1y's foreign relations have nat
urally undergone REIMBURSEMENT since
before the war. America is quite pop
ular with the people and government.
Wilson, I regret to say, is as unpopular
man as there is in Italy. But we
are able to differentate between Mr.
Wilson and your government and the
people of the United States. We love
and admire America as whole.
England is perhaps closest to Italy
in Europe We rely upon her great
DEAL France is next. Frequently the
French and Italian people don't get