The New York herald., 1922-11-01
MussoIini's Good Sense.

Mussolini's Good Sense.
The new leader of Italy starts the
reconstruction of the Government
machine in promising way. Those
who expected MUssoLINI to name
a Cabinet entirely Fascista have been
disappointed. The head of the peace
full revolution showed his tact by
choosing Ministers from four parties
and putting at the head of War and
Marine two distinguished men. Gen.
eral DIAz and Admiral pI REvEL,
who are not associated with any
particular party.
The makeup of the Cabinet is
obviously an appeal to all parties
except the Socialist. MUssoLINI
hopes that the Parliament will sup
port his Government because it in
cludes Nationalists. Catholics and
Democrats as we'll as Fascist. If Par
lament does not support him he
will be in position to go to the
country in a general election with the
cry that Italy, in ne: hour of dis
tress, must have a coalition Govern
ment. Political cooperation is even
more necessary in Italy than in Great
Britain, where LLOYD GEORGE is max
ing his appeal for return to
coalition.
There is mixture of wisdom and
boldness in MussoLINIs order to
his followers to return to their homes.
Evidently he is perfectly confident
that their physical aid is no longer
needed. The King and the army are
with him. Sending back the men
who won the way to Rome with him
will quiet the capital and bear out
the declaration of the Fascist that
they are apostles of order.
MUssoLINI has loaded himself with
work. He is to be not only Premier
but Minister Of Internal Affairs and
Minister Of Foreign Affairs. His
course in the latter post is what the
outside world has been wondering
about. Zeal for Italy is requisite
in the rebuilding of the country. Too
much zeal directed outward might
cause the fall of the ambitious young
chieftain Of the Black Shirts.
II MUssoLINI shows the same mod
Grafton and wisdom in all foreign af-
fairs that he exhibits in his talk
about the United States and Italian
emigration he will get along. He
suggests, in most friendly phrases,
that our policy toward Italian immi-
grants might be improved; that our
quota of Italian admissions, $4,000
year, might well be enlarged; that we
could make our choice of Italy's emil
grants and let in only picked men. but
more Of them than are allowed to en-
ter now.
Such course, says the new Pre-
mier. might prove benefit to both
countries" Italy has more agricul-
tural laborers than she can use and
feed. These are the very men that
are needed in the United States on
the farms and in the hard, rough
work of building roads, digging cell
lars and sewers; doing, In short, the
hard manual labor which men of
American birth will not do and for
which these deep chested, iron armed
Italians are particularly qualified.
The tightness of our immigration
laws is such that in this region un-
skilled laborers OF the class to which
MUssoLINI refers are able to ask
seventy-five cents an hour. Wages
like this will not be reduced until the
supply passes the demand. With the
housing of the country years behind,
with the increasing call for better
roads, with the constant march of the
American farm boy to the cities, the
United States needs common labor.
That is why MUssoLrNI's suggestion
should be needed in Washington.