Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-01
HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN new CABINET OF
ITALIAN PREMIER

! AsoAihS' Wv. O4s-\by - w idt
ever the outcome may be when the
! Mussolini cabinet goes before the
eral agreement that the new premier
| has gathered about him a cabinet
exceptionally strong from the ma
F, tionalist standpoint, comprising a
body of men who were leaders of
Italy in the Great War and the out
standing protagonists for Italy's ter
ritorial claims in peace.
Mussolini brings with him mis-
ministry we'll defined foreign policy,
| the cornerstone of which is eXilan-
| sion. The Fascist party, ever since
| it's inception. a year ago. has al rays
| preached the extension of ItG.ys
| territorial calimS, when former
Premier Giolitti ordered the cvacua-
| ton of Albania by Italian troops, the
! Fascist sent up cry Of protest
against the veteran statesman, burn
| ing him in effigy and hurting singing
| epthets against him in hostile DEM
constructions.
! Mussolini himself has declared that
| the Mediterranean is an italian lake
and he advocates complete control Of
/ that waterway by Italy. The claim
Of Greece for the Dodecanese ISL
ands was always bitterly contested
| in Fascist councils.
| Total reputation CT all Soviets has
! been constant Cry among Fascist.
| When the Russian commercial mis-
| sion arrived In Rome in 1921, their
rooms were broken into and their
| baggage ransacked by Fascist y no
contended for no negotiations in any
| form with the Soviets.
In their domestic policy the aims
/ of the Fascist have not been so
| clearly defined. Indeed, it has / cen
constantly maintained by their cp-
| ponents that they had no domestic
policy. One thing. however, has stood
precminent in all their domestic
actions. namely their hostility to Inc
/ extreme socialists and communists.
They have defiantiy fought the
| strike in any form. Wherever and
! whenever strikes have been declared,
! they have strained every effort to
keep industry going.
! Communism has been rendered al
! slaught of Fascism The militant
rationalists have carried their rat
tie into the labor temples and meet
! ing places of their antagonists. The
Fascist, however, have manifested
strong friendship for the labor ers,
provided the latter became nation
alists and embraced the Fascist
/ principles.
Besides the strength which comes
| to the government with the appoint
ment of General Diaz and Admiral
| Thaon u Revel to cabinet po.ft:ons,
! there is an accompanying assurance
Of stability with the other appoint
ments. Professor Einaudi. the min
lister OF treasury. is distinguished tor
being one of the foremost Italian eco
nomists.
Signor Rossi, the minister of in
dustry. is himself, manufacturer,
and has held cabinet positions pre-
viously.
Another member who gives con-
siderable weight 10 the new cabinet
, is Deputy Giuriati. He was Gabrielle
| D'Annunzio's chief of cabinet during
the poets occupation of Fiume, and
/ previously distinguished himself
during the World War
In taking the portfolios of foreign
affairs, and interior IN addition to
the premiership, Mussolini occupies
the posts which mean most for the
Fascist sphere of action. BY oc-
cupying the foreign office. he can
rut forth the policy which has again
been enunciated by his party, that
| of expansion.
| By being minister of the interior
he controls the police force and will
be able to maneouvre the various
! public instruments for the mainten-
ance of order in accordance with the
| program of his party.