Evening star., 1922-10-29
VRIE AND ADVANCING
ITALY FASCIST AIM
Element Saving Country From Lenin's
Dictates Now will Perpetuate More
NatiOnalistic Aims.

hoisted in many communes and the
| national standard lowered in ig-
nominy.
Attracts Many Followers.
AS the fascist movement became
! more known it attracted ardent fol-
lowers by the tens of thousands.
mostly young returned soldiers, off
GERS and students Bloody battles
were fought in the streets of many
cities and government troops were
powerless to intervene. Just as the
fascist were bold. the bolshevists were
cowardly and soon retreated to their
devious lairs.
The fascist, first organized to ex-
terminate the influences threatening
hand. confined their efforts against
socialists and communists. Latterly
they have grown to represent the
youth of the nation to such an eX
tent that their power in politics is
almost supreme. The one-time boast
of Lenin that the revolution ruled
supreme in Italy has been made
miSnomer.
With Italy saved from worse than
death in bolshevist rule. it is but nat
ural that there should be tremendous
speculation as to what the fascist
will do in a political way. Mussolini.
after a great convention in Naples.
has announced that the government
must abandon its electoral system.
initiated under Nitti and giving the
socialists preponderant control, or the
government must go.
Loyal to the King.
Mussolini and the fascist have
never intended to overthrow the king
or change the present form of gov
ernmeht Against this they are
pledged, but they do mean that fu-
ture governments In Italy will not
be as liberal as they have in the past or
treat discordant elements with gloved
hands. Mussolini not only intends
that the government shall be re
moved from dictation by socialistic
elements. but that in internal af-
fairs there shall be established All
iron rule from Rome.
Mussolini has brought on the over
throw of the facta and, ii is declared.
already has been approached by Nitti
in regard to the formation of a new
ministry. though Mussolfni and Mill
have been the bitterest enemies since
Mussolini once dubbed the Italian
premier a Swine" when he refused
to take firmer courses against the
communists and other discordant ele-
ments of the country. This alliance
hardly is to be credited, in view OF
the antipathy of the fascist toward
Nitti.
Giolitti. the old fox of italian poll
tics likewise is declared to have been
in conference with the fascist leader
in the hope of effecting an under
standing through which Giolitti
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eral fascist cabinet members. Mus
solini, it appears. however. desires TO
control the government, and II is de-
clared in Rome that he not only will
control the next parliament. but
would be in position. politically
speaking, to assume the reins of gov
ernment himself if he SO chooses.
Further organization of the fascist
in order to consolidate the gains OF
war. however. is declared to be Mus
solini's aim. and he may dictate. but
leave the machinery of government
to others. In any case. radical gov
ernmental and ministerial changes
may be expected Immediately. The
fascist will be responsible. The
youth of Italy will be in the saddle.
Distrust in Some Quarters.
Notwithstanding their good works.
it cannot be said that the fascist
have the backing of all of the more
conservative elements of Italy. In
fact. in circles close to the fountain
heads of national life there is the
bitterest antagonism to fascist meth
DDS, and undoubtedly the crystaliza-
tion of fascist power is looked upon
with some misgiving.
Whether or not the country will be
thrown into civil warfare remains to
them a question. but the fascist hav"
shown every indication of being able
to control the situation With hun
dreds of thousands of socialists in
Italy, however, there undoubte edly
will be much uneasiness unless the
socialist regime bends its policies
more in accordance with nationalistic
doctrines preached by the fascist.
The communists may expect no mercy
whatever.
In foreign questions conservatives
see most danger, for in the youthful
element of Italy there is firm belief
that Italy's interests in the Mediter-
ranean and Adriatic have not been
upheld by various governments. and
particularly in regard to the Adriatic.
D'Annunzio was supported by the
youth of the nation in Fiume and ii
is these same youths that form the
backbone Of the fascist movement.
RapalIo Treaty I'm Danger.
The treaty of Rapallo, in which tin"
italian government surrendered Ita1y's
claims on the Dalmatian coast, is par
ticularly resented by the fascist, and
in case they assume power there is
sure to be a clash with Jugoslavia
over Dalamatia. The treaty of Ra-
pallo may be scrapped. Any such
contingency would be dangerous and
eventually might lead TO war. But,
generally. 1t is expected that foreign
policy will be along the lines of ad-
vance and furtherance of 1taly's ma
tional interests.
However. if either Orlando or Clio
litti, former premiers, assume the
position at the head of the new cabi-
net they may succeed in temperins
the fiery policies of the faScisti in
International as we'll as national re-
constructive questions
There undoubtedly viii be few
compromises in the political warfare
that must result before firm tenure
is assured. But Italy will have been
saved from communist and socialistic
revolutions, and the lofty ideals or
the younger element. who see
greater Italy, one ever advancing,
one ever abreast, with reconstructive.
modern thought, will be realized.
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