The New York herald., 1922-11-02
Premier Mussolini.

day under the leadership of man
whose feet are squarely on the ground
and whose head is set squarely
on his shoulders. AS soldier
MUssoLINT knew no hours of duty
except those which discipline de-
manded, as a boy in his fathers
blacksmith shop he arose with the
sum-. These lessons he applies to his
present duties; his Cabinet begins
with the hours of the worker and 1t
meets with the promptness of the
soldier. 1t has work before it, full
days work for days to come. 1t has
to overcome the weaknesses of its
predecessors, to restore people and
nation to stability and confidence
and it has to give Italy backbone.
This is the mission which the
Fascist set out to accomplish, and
il is now the task which the people
going back to their business, farms
and workshops have turned over to
their new Government And the i'm
] portant thing is that they have a
| better foundation for their faith than
/ they have had for the last twenty
years. They have not Nitti with a
weak. vacillating policy of &taying in
power by playing one party against
another and bargaining with radical
ism and bolshevism at the expense of
national life. They have not shrewd
politician of the Giolitti type who
would retire when the supreme test
of his policy came and raise in his
place a lieutenant to hold power
until he could rebuild his political
fences. Both men were capable but
without the confidence of the Italian
people; because NITTI, a theorist and
an economist, feared socialism too
much to act for the nation, and GIo-
rIrT1, an old time Italian politician,
whose faith was in wire pulling,
acted only to hold together his own
political machine.
MUssoLINI comes without political
training and experience as poll
tician, but he has profited by both
training and experience to learn what
what the future of Italy should be.
He is a man of vision and man
without fear. He has no favor to
demand, for he has the nation back
of him. There could he no better
evidence of his own strength and
the honesty and uprightness of his
cause than the reception which the
farseeing and democratic King gave
to him on his arrival at Rome and
the fact that soldier such as Cen
eral DIAz and a naval commander
such as vice-Admiral DI REvEL should
accept posts in his Ministry.
MussoLrNI has gathered around
him Cabinet which is in every
sense representative of the best in
terests of Italy Besides General
DiAz and vice-Admiral nj REvEI. who
are assigned to no political party,
and the five Fascist members, his
Cabinet includes two Catholics, three
Democrats, one Nationalist and one
Liberal. The two socialists early
mentioned for Cabinet posts were not
appointed. IL is doubtful II the rem
nant of the socialist groups could
agree upon any representation the
last general meeting of these groups
showed the wrecksge of the party
and their utter inability to agree
upon any plans for either fu-
ture political existence or develop
ment. Socialism, with its past rec
ord of violence, excesses, bolshevist
sympathies and sabotage. is not
likely to appear as disturbing fac
tor either in the nation or the Par
lament SO long as Fassismo main
tains its vigilance its work of terror
ism will not be revived
In addition to the Premiership
MUssoLINI takes over the direction
of the Department of the Interior and
also that Of Foreign Affairs. BY this
means he has power over the police
force OF the country and the mainte-
nance Of order throughout the king
dom and at the same time he has the
power to declare the foreign policy
Of his party. a policy which Will have
much TO do with the future ofsttaly