Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-08

Premier Nitti invites the world to i, smile, writes A. J. Sack in Struggling | Russia. In an interesting interview,
 printed in The New York Times of April
 26, 1920, the Italian premier says: We
 of today are becoming brutal and stupid
 because we have war too much on the
 brain. We are becoming crazy and hard.
 No poetry is being penned, no music
 composed, no great books written. To
 me that is sad. Let us forget about war
 and write poetry and sing sweet music
 The trouble with the world today is it
 has forgotten how to smile"
 Premier NittFs interview is more than a lyric expression of noble, aesthetic soul, | tired of bloody. struggles and looking to peace and human happiness. Premier l Nitti expresses definite political views, refiecting undoubtedly the points which l he, as the representative of Italy, insist | ed upon at the recent conference of the :, supreme council, at San Reno Premier l Nitti is right when he says, lil the ahove-
 mentioned interview, that ''the world | needs Russia, especially Europe does" and continues: Frankly, I do not be- lieve there is smuch grain or raw ma- terials to be had from Russia this year. But because of exchange rates and war reasons, Europe faces five or six bad years. If Russia is hepled to get along 1 again, she can aid it by next year and l in succeeding years. l believe We
 should look ahead somewhat"
 I This is a wise point of view, but 1t is
 difficult to see any logical connection be-
 tween this thought and another express
 ed by Premier Nitti in the same inter . view: q want to see relations resumed
 with Russia at once," said the Italian premier. Diplomatic or commercial 9
 he was asked He waved his hand and replied: "Oh, one leads to the other.'' So, Premier Nitti expresses himself definitely for the recognition of the bol sheviki He understands that the bol sheviki have brought Russia to ruin. e want to let everybody go to Russia say : the premier, land see what ruin the so viets have made.'' If the bolsheviki hav brough Russia to ruin, can Premier Nit !. ii explain how the recognition of the bol s shevist rule in Russia would help them t
 suddenly become a constructive factor s Walter Duranty, in a correspondence i, printed in The New York Times on Apri l 1 2S, 1920, justly sums up the economi = conditions in bolshevist Russia as fol : lows: Today in Russia trains hay e practically ceased to run /; industry ha ceased to function; horse transport doe a not exist because horses have been eat a en. In cities and towns, there is no cos f and little food In a country by far tn = richest in Europe in wood, people ar f. forced to burn their wooden houses fc t fuel. That gives the measure of traff .ee Reorganization. From towns and citit V people flee back to the land to escap :, starvation. On the land, they can e a least eat and be warm, though life 'l primitive as in the days of the Tartar, .e But pestilence, bred by famine, dirt, di IS organization and ignorance. move mo- h swiftly than they Not the cities aloi Us are being discimated by typhus. chol, n "a and small pox. The S " viet leaders can no longer hide the fat at fact that they have literally run Ru of sia into the ground. With all it's wealt
 it's wheat, cattle, horses and inexhaus v ible man power, Russia today lies ruin' i,r and broken
 70 So, one fact in the Russian situati r99 is that bolshevist rule has brought Ru o sia to ruin Whether the world wi ei recognize the bolshevist right to expe u ment upon the living body and soul is Russia, or the "communistic' eXpe ! 1h ments will continue, as before, witho z,- any recognition, Russias economic rest a. rection is impossible as long as such C m periments continue. The overthrow IT. the bolshevist rule is the indispensal D. condition for such a resurrection. I ito other fact to be recognized by all tho