Evening star., 1923-09-09
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!: .::::::.|..AS WORLD DANGER
Demands on Greece Held
Revival of Caesarism in Ali
al Its Hide0usness.
BY MAXIMIIAN HARDEN.

&E Wireless TO The Star.
esBERLIN. September S.--Five years
nfter the great war. which was to
Mace right above might and establish
.the self determination of small ma
Stkons, Europe beholds a policy OF
1Gcnscienceless Caesarism arise in all
stfs hideous nakedness.
L The Vienna ultimatum of 1914 was
tlie work of diplomats who falsely
nfctured the murder of the Austrian
heir apparent as an act deliberately
apianned by the kingdom of Serbia.
sBut Baron Mussulin, who was one of
the authors of that Inflated docu-
ment, is outdone by Sisnor Benito
sMusSolini. For the ultimatum of
ythis biaCksmith's son and dictator
Ftkachcd Athens before il could pos
-stbly have been learned by whom and
4n,. what circumstances the Italian
military mission on the Albanian bor-
der had been murdered.
-S Blame for Murders.
- II is possible. even probable. that
@the murders were committed by band
56f half wild mountain tribesmen who
sfelt that violence had been done their
religious and national feelings. and
who regarded the delimitation of
The Greco Albanian frontier as un-
sJust. But this has not been proven.
1T is also possible that the assassins
were Albanians. of whom many have
sbeen angered by Italy's advances to-
.Svard their land. 1t is quite possible
Ihat the slayers were Mohammed dan
@Albanians, as they have been nursing
"a bitter hatred against Italy ever
since the Tripol war
- The identity of the murdererS prob
sably never will be established. as
= n. & Of hot ir hai
captured in their mountain strong
holds. If they are not captured, the
sIltimatum which demands their exc
gcution cannot be obeyed. Italy's
-Other demands conveyed in this ulti-
-7natum are gross and deliberate vio-
cations of the sovereignty of Greece,
calculated to humiliate her to the
,LttermoSt
MusSoIinI Turns Face.
Even if the murderers had been
Greeks. how could far-off,s Athens
-have hindered their deed? Austria
a pillar of reaction. never even
Thought Of trying to hold Italy re-
kponsible for Oberdank,. the Trieste
irredentist. who planned to kill En-
.peror Franz Joseph. nor for the anar-
ehist. Luckheni. who killed Kaiserin
Elizabeth. This method of approach
LHas reserved for Mussulin in 1914.
Shnd now MusSolini picks just that
method as his pattern. He who as a
radical socialist, few years ago de-
sfended in his newspapers the right to
Commit acts of political violence, now
holds Greece responsible for the mur
ders at Pogo Nyani.
=. The Greek government has little
claim for sympathy ordinarily, but
II would be mad If it risked armed
Conflict with powerful Italy. Greece
has oerffed every reparation conso-
nant with the dignity OF an independ-
have been reached at a short confer
ence. But the Roman dictator will
not abate his demands by one jot.
He will neither negotiate nor recog-
nize the authority of the league of
nations. Of which both states are
members. He bombards and occu-
pies Corfu. and declares this is not
an act of war. May the devil take
tuch subtletes,
: The league of nations will lose re-
Aside simply because France is un-
willing to take sides against Italy
Curing her own occupation of the
Ruhr.
where Fascism0 Failed.
: Fascismo becomes abominable when
II exhibits itself as modern Caesar
Ism Mussolini's power arose from
Gross breeding of Lenin's and Mus
tapha Kemals dictatorial methods.
He has armed 1taly's best youth and.
a their head, has imposed his will
on quiet king. a discredited parlia-
r1ent and a nation wearied by war.
He deserves praise for having re-
Accustomed the people and the Of
Hcials to industry and punctuality,
even though he accomplished 1t by
force. But he could not work the
Nonder hoped for-quick restora tion
pf Italy to world power and wealth.
- SO now. in order to anticipate the
Danger that lies in the peoples dis
appointment. the dictator seeks to
TeConcile the Popedom, whose true
aervant this socialist-atheist declares
himself to be. with the Church rob-
~bers" of Savoy; to force Jugoslavia
s6ut of Fiume: to feed the ancient
ssrudge against Helias, now defeated
and powerless, and to create an "af-
fair of honor" which shall insure
him the sympathy of the world
rhauvinists.
- The epidemic of fascism, whose
1ader daily creates unrest, evokes
Tho specter of war and Identifies the
national interests with his personal
Snterests, Is more dangerous to sick
Europe than a dictatorship by the
american Legion would be for the
healthy United States.
: There is no room in Europe for a
8onapArte. Italy needs rest. Can she
not read I'm the ClOuds the pronb q +