The New York herald., 1921-08-05

WILLIAMsTowN, Mass, Aug. s.-
America went 20 war for an ideal and
''at It's own cost with its own means
and at it's own peril undertook a war for
the liberty of Others" This was the
statement of Tomasso Tittoni, president
of the Italian Senate, in his first public
address In this country and the opening
lecture OF his course before the Insti.
tute of Politics at Williams College to-
night.
Taking direct issue with Viscount
James Bryce, Signor Tlttoni upheld the
justice of Italy's claim to 1yrol as
made and accepted by the Versailles
conference and declared that his own
country to-day stood as "the nation
which has received the smallest reward
for her sacrifices in the war
The declaration was an eleventh hour
insertion in the opening moments of
Senator Tittoni's lecture before the In
stitute of Politics and was frankly a
reply to a previous lecture in which
Lord Bryce, speaking on the same plat
form last Tuesday, had said that Italy
had mo historical title whatever to the
purely Germanic region she sought to
acquire and that any promise in the
secret treaty of 1915 was "a promise
that ought never to have been made"
II am an old friend and a great ad-
mirer," said Senator Tittoni, "of Lord
Bryce, whose life as a scholar. as a
writer and as a statesman has been en-
tirey spent in the furtherment OF noble
and generous ideals. But. for the very
reason that he Is esteemed and loved
by the whole world, / cannot allow to
pass unanswered a statement which
seems to be lacking in that quality OF
customary impartiality for which Lord
Bryce is so justly noted"
Speaking on Modern Italy. It's In
tellectual Cultural and Financial
Aspects" President Tittoni said In part:
THE great Italian historian, Carlo
Botta. begins his history of the Ameri-
can war of independence by paying a
tribute to the qualities OF the American
people. Let me pay like tribute to-day.
Ever since read, as youth. the classic
work of Alexis de Tocqueville on Ameri-
can democracy / have remembered these
words of his
Although the desire to acquire
wealth is the dominating passion OF the
Americans, there are times when their
soul seems suddenly TO burst the ma
terra, bonds which bind it and to rise
impetuously hcavenward.
Honor be to you. people Of America,
and to all those peoples In whom selfish
CONSIDERATIONS HlNc not tA~HiS5 ulslied tiiS
lame of great ideals.
ALLOW me, my American friends, to
cite passage from Titus Livy's Roman
History which seems TO me to express
admirably the motives and the character
of Americas intervention in the world
war:
"A wonderful thing, that there should
exist a people who, at their own cost,
with their own means and at their own
Ceril, should undertake a war for the
liberty OF Others, not merely for their
neighbors or those close at hand, or even
for peoples OF the same continent--but
that they should cross the seas in order
that nowhere in the world should there
remain an unrighteous empire and to
the end that right--justice-law should
rule all things and all nations
"It Is only too true that in spite OF
frequent contact most Italians know
little Of America. just as most Amer
leans know little of Italy. Too many
come to Italy only to admire our monu-
ments, to study our art treasures, to en-
soy the beauties Of our climate and our
scenery.
",rhe purpose of my lectures Is TO
make Italy better known to you. | shall
not speak to this audience OF cultured
men and women of the history OF our