Evening star., 1920-09-19
ITALY MAY INITIATE
EWINDUSTRIALERA
Great Drama Enacted in Revolutionary
'Upheaval in Observation-Disclosures
/ lists Expected to Be Defeated

the employer and employe will work
together. thereby not only saving
/ Italy's very life. but enhancing her
future commercial advance
At the present moment the saner
elements of Italy. who so far have
resisted the bolshevik leaders, though
the latter are said to be gaining power
with each day of disorganization. are
coming to believe as a result of work
men operation of plants that their
own future does not rest in complete
sovietization of the nation. Prema
ture and ill-advised attempts to op-
crate the great factories of northern
! Italy have proven particularly on
erous. Workmen have found that
there must be directing geniuses be-
hind industrial enterprise. and raw
products must be obtained il there are
manufactures. and furthermore, there
must be markets if the industrial life
of the nation is not extinguished
And the saner Italian workman knows
that his own future. as well as that
of the nation. depends on the sale
Of 1taly's products outside of Italy.
! Italy cannot live within herself Raw
products and supplies. particularly
coal from England and France, are
vital, and unless the workers can es-
tahish closest relationships, which
are impracticable under prevailing
country can live. And the patriotic
Italian is not content to see the ma
| tion break up. Possibly it is this
strong nationalistic feeling builded
through recent decades and reaching
its highest point during the war. that
has Kept the confederation of labor
from swinging directly to the ex-
tremist theory of industrial relation
ships.
May Dfs0wn Extremists.
Should the conference initiated by
the Italian premier get under way
and the industrialists and laboring
men reach some sort of understanding
in the immediate future, there is
every Likelihood that the radicals will
be disowned by the majority of labor.
After such agreements are effected
and attempts are made to carry them
out. the government may direct it's
energies safely against the extrem-
lists who would make Italy but a
skeleton of it's present state. For it
is known that the better elements of
Italian labor always are willing to
reach compromise reacting to the
good of all and the nation particu-
larly. Any movement the government
undoubtedly would have the support
of the saner minds now directing the
confederation of labor.
Agreements effected between the
industrials and workmen within the
next week or ten days are certain to
be but tentative and possibly will be
predicated upon parliament's taking
some action toward industrial relief
measures which shall be permanent.
Any of these undoubtedly will hinge
upon great changes in civil and com
mercial codes throughout the nation,
else they would be useless. Any
other foundation would crumble. And
such changes would practically re-
vamp the whole system OF industrial
relationships and usher in program
which eventually may be the basis
for adjustment the world over.
Parties May Agree.
The socialists naturally are eagerly
proposing new national measures
looking to this end. The national
party, composed Of Catholics and pos
sibly the strongest political unit In
Italy, today likewise Is ready to PACK
Industrial socialization measures pro-
vided a compromise is reached be-
tween the two parties regarding pro-
In remaining quiet during the hours
of greatest stress, in waiting for
period when the workers are begin
industrialists are more prone to rea-
son on the theory that 1t Is better
to have half a loaf rather than none,
Premier Giolitti has again earned the
well known appellation. "the fox
It cannot be expected. however. that
Italy will not go through q revolu-
ton. for the revamping Of industrial
relationships is itself revolution.
Whether it will go farther depends
upon events Of the next week. But
il is not to be supposed that Mala-
tesla, the anarchist leader, has not
tens of thousands Of supporters. and
he vet may give all interests antago-
nistic to his theories serious trouble.
but with both labor and capital
agreed upon future relationships.
even though it be socialfZation of
ItaIy's industries, there is no reason
to assume that the government can
not handle the situation as 1t arises
and yet save the nation from the ter,
rible ordeals that have been inflicted
unon Russia through strict sovletiza-
tinn of all life and property.