The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1920-05-08

Paris-At the San Reno confer
ence last week a representative from
Zara, on the coast of Dalmatia, had
in his possession, as an added sup
port OF the Italian claims on the
Adriatic, hitherto unpublished let
ter by Abraham Lincoln. This letter,
dated Springfield, ILL.,, 1853, not only
went minutely into the Adriatic ques-
expressing views widely diver
gent from those held by President
Wilson today-but made two pro-
phecies which have come to pass,
namely, a general European war and
the end of the Austrian Hungarian
empire The letter further prophe-
sled the fall of the British empire,
but it now is pointed out that Great
Britain, has avoided dissolution by re-
forming many of the principles which
guided it politics during the pre-ci-
vii war epoch, when Lincoln wrote.
The letter was addressed to the
eminent italian physician, Mercedo-
MO Melloni, who, during his journeys
to Geneva, Paris, London and Naples
made many friends in the political as
we'll as the scientific world. The let
ter recently was found in the ar
chives of the Melloni family at Mo-
dena. Countess Zucconlini, of Mode
ma, has the original manuscript, pho
tographs of which are now en- route
to America | have obtained copy
of the Italian translation, which now
is retranslated into English and may
contain variations in phrasing from
the original, but which will show
clearly the views held by Lincoln as
he passed in review the great politi-
cal problems that agitated continen-
tai Europe in his day. The letter
was written at Melloni's request. 1t
reads:
Political Reorganization Outlined
Humboldt has given me the mes
sage you sent me through Mr.. Fara-
day, of your desire to have my
thoughts concerning the political re-
organization of Europe. l admire
all you have suffered for science and
still more what you have suffered for
the independence and liberty of your
beloved country. I am convinced
that when the barbarians swept
down upon ancient Rome they pro-
fitted by the state of moral dissolu-
tion, from which the empire then
suffered, to destroy, sack and oblite-
tie and thus retard for several cen
turies the triumphal march of civil
lization.
1--WE were all on the road to the
forming of a single race when sud-
denly there fell upon the civilized
world that epoch of deep darkness,
that epoch of barbarism, obscuring
the glorious light of immortal, eter-
nal Rome-that Rome which had
given civilization to the entire world,
that Rome which had even made
America a civilized nation and which
has nourished us morally by her in
disputable laws, that Rome which in
my opinion will be, in the more or
less distant future, the luminous
capital OF the United States of Eu-
rope.
Italy "U. S. of Europe"
1T is criminal to obstruct the nor
NAL course of the development of
nations and block the foundation of
the future United States of Europe.
First of all, in order to realize
this end, it is indispensable to assure
the obsolute independence of Italy
because this independence is neces-
sary for the equilibrium of the civ
ilized world. All of the Itaian Pc
ninsula with its islands should be
completely united in one nation.
THE kingdom of Lombardy, with
the two Venices, the Trentino and
Julian provinces, should be united
to the mother country without any
interruption of territory and with
absolute mastery of the ancient lake
of Venice-the Adriatic from Fiume
as far as Cattaro without interrupt