The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-02
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS MUST BE GIVEN AID On Their Restoration De. bends Safety of Europe,
 Says Nitti Thinks United States
 Should Extend HelT Italian Situation Like Eng lands After the Napole-
 onic Wars

Nttti, who Is sOjourning here. In the course of a statement went over some Of the problems which are perplexing Europe and America.
 "On the eve of the Presidential struggle in the United States" he said, 'it Is we'll that the European situa- ton be thoroughly considered in America. Europe cannot quickly re- gain its feet without the help of the United States, but the United States might help only those countries whose policy is peace. The American de- mocracy has a great task before it. 1 am a sincere friend of America, but cannot truthfully say I believe that the actions of her leaders have been useful to the world.
 'No man had more humanitarian ideas than President Wilson. But he was not sufficiently acquainted with Europe, and thus the treaties conclud- ed have no great moral worth. They contain the germs of deep hatreds and perhaps new wars. The United States could even now. if they wished. exert a beneficial influence. This is not only their moral duty but 1t is also in their interest to do so.
 T do not know if there is peace anywhere in the world but there cer- tainly is none in Europe. Around you, you see nothing but armies. While the war was still going on people said this would be the last war, but Ger many's militarist spirit has been ac-
 
 Germany. Europe is alive with pro- posals of conquest, with eagerness to hoard raw materials.
 we always declared we were not waging war against the German peo- ole, but against German militarism and etilI now that the German em- pire has fallen and now that militarist Germany is wrecked, we have not changed our attitude Germany today is in an intolerable position, still un- I oil rtc of nd n a. tions and is submitting to all sorts of humiliations. Germany has no ships, has not sufficient raw materials and has no colonies, while the exchange rate is so unfavorable she cannot buy abroad. Germany, while suffering hunger, is condemned to pay an in determinate indemnity for an inde- termiate number of years.
 Tt is true the victory conferS cer- tain rights, but it imposes also certain duties. Nobody more than myself, who am firm believer in democracy and peace, hated German imperialism. Is the American democracy really pleased with the turn events have taken? All Europe, with its large population, was the great market for the exchange of goods. Germany was the greatest European center of pro- duction.
 Now, all this is upset and smashed. The world never again will have the former low prices without Germanys fruitful work. We hated German militarism, but admire her lndustr1- ousness and perseverance, which has given her first place among the worlds producing nations. Why should we do without Germany's work and how can one expect Germany to pay any indemnity in the present state of affairs My words often have been press, but so long as I have single breath left I shall not passively assist in the waste of so much energy. Can we expect permanently to control Germany in the way we are dolng now?
 "Regarding Russia, I think our pol icy has been all wrong. The Entente must make up its mind to look upon Russia, not as an enemy. but as a fallen friend who has overtaxed his strength waging war on our behalf and has succumbed. Russia now is communist, but its economic system is absurd and bound to fall. Every one who has been to Russia has re- turned mortified. It is regime or absolutism and violence which gives rise to great poverty and impossibillty of production.
 "Bolshevik Russia soon will fall, but with what right do we talk of the Immortality of the present Russian government when for so many years we have admired, the government of the Czar, which added tyranny to violence? When the communist gov ernment has drained the cup of mis- cry to the dregs it will faH or rather be transformed into democracy with marked traces of agrarian socialism.
 s0The Entente now is following the policy likeliest to induce people to sym pathize with Russia by sending arms to the generals fighting against the communists and refusing to recog- nize the Moscow government To take up relations with Russia again we ought to ask only one condition fundamental in all civil relations namely guarantees that the Soviet government will not meddle with the internal politics of other countries Instead forgetting Russia is an auton- ornous state in exchange for recognl- tion we dared ask for guarantees that Russia would pay the debts contracted abroad before and during the war This is the way Shylock's moral sense worked. Have we not gone so far as to ask that Russia's gold be given as
 euaraotee to her creditors in our countries? We must distrust the So- viet government so long as it does not give sufficient guarantees, but we must also remember not to behave tc RuSsia as if we were a reparation< commission. Russia is not a conquer ed enemy but a fallen friend.
 "In conclusion. Germany and alsc many countries which formed ancient Austria cannot i've. ISuSSlt IS SOll' suuoed by communist tyranny and v1o' fence and the Mussulman world Is 1T a ferment not entirely justified. America, which is the greatest cred itor and having the greatest reserves of raw material. wishes to exercist useful action in the world, it must ex ercise it in favor of justice, which i indispensaSle for prosperity anS neace. The restoration of Europe l: .dependent on the reconstruction o Germany and the return of Russi; among the free countries. The Rus aim people must be convinced VI < dcs;ire their resuscitation, having n' interest in their past regime. Europ must find peace, because by condnu inr the present disorder we risk nev wars. which would mean the triumph of brutality and perhaps the collaps of our civilization.
 .srhe European war has been great duel between the German ~an' Slav races. Italy. allied with tn former, passed to the latter for tn ,-px-. y1eoJ If iIIstira Ttalv cannot