The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-11-09

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MO VICTORY could be more com
~ plete than that won by the Fas-
cisti in their peaceful revolution In
Italy. They are now In absolute con-
rrol OF the government and their
chief. Benito Mussolini, Is premier
and minister of foreign affairs and Of
the interior. Giolitti declined the
premiership. so Mussolini at the invi-
tation of the king took the place and
promptly announced the new cabinet.
Most of its members belong to the
Fascist, but several places are given
to the Nationalists. one to the Demo
Gratis and one to the Catholic party.
From all over the country the Black
Shirts focked to Rome where 100000
of them paraded before the king and
premier. and then. at the order Of
their leaders. they dispersed to their
homes to resume their vOcatiOns.
Italy seems to have supreme conf
dence In Mussolini. believing that he
will put an end to the conflicts Of 20
litical factions that have sadly
hindered its development during the
last three years and that under his
rule economic prosperity will be re-
stored. He Is young, vigorous and un-
pretentious and already has buckled
down to hard work. Once he was q
revolutionary Socialist and was ex-
PEELED from Switzerland and from
what was then the Austrian Tyrol.
But he broke with his old associates
when In his paper. Popolo Italia, he
urged Italy to enter the war on the
side Of the allies. To the world at
large the victory of Mussolini and his
Fascist is most important because II
was q victory over the Communists,
radical Socialists and Reds gener-
ally. These forces Of disruption and
disorder were so badly whipped that
the Communist party in Italy has an
nounced its own dissolution. which
presumably means that the Commun-
chamber.
Mussolini, denying that his pro-
gram has any chauvlnlstic plans,
said: Italy needs peace at home as
well as abroad ! never believed In q
bellicose attitude. and therefore no
clash is possible between Italy and
Jugo- Slavia or any other power We
want to prove that our sole ambition
Is To make the country a true friend
toward friends and Of a people strong,
fair and laborious. people worthy
70 live alongside the greatest nations"
Nevertheless Jugo-Slavia was great
~ excited by Mussolinl's triumph and
talked wildly of mobilization and war.
Her frontier guards were REINFORCED
and some fighting was reported. In
Rome II was said the alarm Of the
Serbs was groundless.
NTHEN ENJOYS OF the nations most
w concerned gather in Lausanne.
Switzerland, on November 10. for the
Near East peace conference. the
United States will he represented only
by observers" We were invited to
fun participation. but Secretary
Hughes declined, stating:
THE conference proposed for the pur.
pose G drawing up treaty Of peace
with Turkey will have primarily to
deal with the problems resulting from
the state of billigerency between the
,llied powers, Turkey, and Greece.
The United States was neither at war
with Turkey nor party TO the arms
tice of 1918. and does not desire TO
participate In the final peace negotia-
tions or to assume resp visibility for
the political and territorial adjust
ments which may be effected"
At the same time Mr. Hughes said
his observers would keep watch over
the disposition Of certain subjects OF
particular American concern"
Sovie, Russia was invited 20 take
part In that portion Of the conference
which has 10 do with the Dardanelles,
and while she is indignant al the lin
itatIon. she probably will accept
THE Angora national assembly has
L declared the sultan OF Turkey de
throned and also has condemned 90
death the Turkish signatories OF the
treaty Of Sevres and the members OF
the cabinet OF former Premier Damad
Ferid Pasha. Time sovereignty Of the
nation is declared 10 rest In the hands
Of the people. and the name Ottoman
Empire Changed to the state OF
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