The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-31
AIMS IN COMMON
Italy Remembers American Part
in War, Says Diaz.
Great War Chief Speaker Before
American Lcgionnaires.
WAR MUST BRING PEACE
Two Countries Must Labor for
Welfare of World.
Praises Service Of U. S. Troops
on the Piave>>
WAR MUST BRING PEACE

Kansas City. Mo. Oct. 31.-Hope
that the sword may be sheathed and
that peace and labor may triumph for
the good of all, was the message
brought to members of the American
Legion in convention here today, by
1taly foremost soldier, Gen. Armando
Vittorio Diaz.
''The war is over" said General
Diaz, in conveying Italy's message to
the american veterans of the world
war. From it must arise not war
but peace, labor and progress"
General Diaz in his address said:
To the service men of the United
states Joined together by the American
Legion, to the American women who
so nobly and in manifold ways took
their part in the war, to all the citf-
zens Of this great republic, 1 bring this
message Of their Italian comrades, of
their wives and mothers, of the Italian
people, who see in this solemn con
Vention, in presence of representative
OF the victorious allied armies, a deep
affirmation of common glory identi-
cal ideals and significant human and
civil solidarity.
Italy remembers and appreciates.
She remembers the timely coming in
OF the United States, the colossal ex-
petitions, the wealth of material put
at the disposal of the Allies to bring
about the collapse of two tyrannical
empires. the spirit with which the
American soldiers took part in the
war. She remembers their progressive
growth of number, their perfection in
every field of action, their audacity,
their Well-deserved successes. the aid
so humanely rendered. the work gen
erously done by the Welfare assocfa-
tons and by the women, sublime in
their pity; the collective privations
which the people of the United States
mn 4r,fv
fighting men.
But at the same time Italy remem-
bers its own humane and RltTuistic
reasons for entering the war the bit
ter fighting, the innumerable sacri-
fees of her own sons. of which 500, 900
left their lives on the field, 100000
We're disabled. 100000 wounded. She
remembers the generous outpouring of
her wealth. amounting to 100, O,000,-
coo lire, the suffering borne like Spar
tans by her people, the moments of
crisis, danger and death.
Comrades on the Piave.
"And with justified pride she thinks
of eleven glorious battles in the first
two years of war, of the coming-back
fight on the Piave which broke the
enemy overbearance, causing a loss Of
100000 casualties to the Austrians;
shethinks of the decisive and Victori
Gus battles of NittOrio NenetO, which
smashed her eternal enemy giving the
death blow to an empire which seemed
eternal and destroying its army by the
capture of $4,000 prisoners and 1000
guns on the battlefield.
1.-THE 339d United States infantry,
the numerous american aviators, the
1nem bers of the United States Army
Ambulance corps the American Red
Cross and other welfare organizations
were our comrades in this period,
bearing to our battlefields symbol
and exalted meaning, meaning which
here declare to be one which makes
us brothers, not only in the pasts but
in the future.
"The war is over; from it must arise
not war. but peace, labor and prog
ress This Italy desires. This I de
clare. / soldier, of Italy, sure of the
future of my country, with the knowl-
edge that duty so strenuously per-
formed will find its own reward in the
passing generations and in those which
arise with broader conception of the
unity of mankind. And this I here
and now declare with depth of feeling
and conviction of faith.
'The United states and italy have
in common their aims. their energies
with the renewed vision of their peo-
nIes. they have the same conception
of duty and of right. May peace and
labor triumph for the good of all,
may the sword be sheathed, as in this
symbol which offer to my comrades
Of the American Legion with the Ger
tainty Of brotherhood and faith.