Evening star., 1923-03-25
GARY PAYS TRIBUTE
. TO |TALYS PREMIER
Declares One Need But Speak
With MussoIini to Ap-
preciate Value.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Assoca ted Press.
ROME, March 24.-Elbert II. Gary
chairman of the United States Steel
Corporation, was the guest of honor
at several gatherings today re-
| mission OF Rome; banquet by the
Cremonesi. head Of the royal COM
IItalian-American Association and a
lunch by Signor Quattrene. former
Italian financial agent in America.
Members of the cabinet, numerous
deputies and fascist and the Ameri
can delegation to the congress of the
| International Chamber of Commerce
attended these functions.
Urges Cooperation.
Mr.. Gary. in responding to the
various addresses, made reference to
| the assembling in Rome Of the con-
gress, saying that some great Italian
representative men and some great
American representative men had
been in communion over the greatest
questions confronting the world. of
furnishing humanity with the neces-
sarieS of life. He urged the nations
| of the world to cooperate to attain
prosperity and happiness.
| Abiding to the present Italian
situation. Mr.. Gary said:
"If Premier Mussolinl lives up to
and carries into effect his declaration
! of rebuilding the nation nobody will
have reason to complain or his having
assumed power. 1t is enough to look
Mussolini in the eyes and hear him
speak to make up your mind that
he Is better man than one ever sup
posed. If he continues his campaign
he will be of benefit to the whole
people.
Hopeful OF Italy.
THE entire world needs strong
honest men in the movement for the
preservation, not for the destruction
of the world. We Americans can
learn something by the movement
which has taken place in Italy,
country which today Is on the high
way to restoration, success and the
greatest economic prosperity"
Ivy Lee of New York, one of the
delegates 10 the International Cham
Der of Commerce. was received pri-
vately by Premier Mussolini and
asked the premier for an expression
cation to America. Mussolini an
swered Immediately:
Government Is Stable.
First. Americans should under
stand that there is stable govern
ment In Italy: second, that economies
are being introduced in order to bal
ance the budget. the result of which
" III pe TedilZeO "lIhln Two years,
and, third. that Italy Is a country
where great liberty is permitted to
its people. but at the same time the
fascist government insists that
there must be no nonsense in the
exercise Of liberty. I am for the
workingman, but not for destruc-
tion."
The premier outlined how laborers
on farms. numbering about 100000.
We're organized according to the
fascist program. besides the fascist
organs. comprising about 100000 men,
pledged to maintain order.
Sees Need for Capital.
Answering a question as to what
America could do to help the Euro
tention to the enormous accumula-
tion of capital in America and the
possibility of the use of a great deal
of American capital for the develop
ment of European resources. Through
Italy American capital might reach
Anatolia, Persia. Mesopotamia and
the Balkans generally.
Speaking Of the league OF nations,
Mussolini said: Naturally the league
would be much stronger II America
would Join. but is this the psyche
logical moment. when the best result
is to be realized even If America is
prepared to enter the league? II
would probably be wiser to wait un-
I'll the psychological moment, when
America. might impose conditions of
her entry which would assist in the
stabilization of Europe. In the pres
ent uncertain conditions In the Ruhr
and Europe generally it would seem
wiser to wait.
MussoIfni Nips Strike.
"A great desideratum would be that
America, Germany and Russia enter
the league. America may well re-
serve her influence and use II in the
directions Of the larger achievement"
The premier said he believed Rus
sia would again be received into the
family of nations in a few years.
At this point a messenger entered
with word that all the taxi drivers in
Rome were threatening to strike.
Mussolini instructed him to have the
drivers informed that he would con-
slider strike as a personal act of
hostility against himself and would
not tolerate It, The threatened strike,
1T Is understood, was Immediately
abandoned