Evening star., 1928-02-19
By BENITo MUssoLINI.

7 ADMIRE m George Washington
virtues and mental faculties which
i are 50 erntnently the charac-
terIstic of the great American peo-
pie Of whom he is called Father"
His integrity. his generosity. his en-
6uTanee under adverse circumstances.
lis huge energy. his sagacity combined
with his cool common sense, formed
the moral power of this great patriot:
while his mental gifts-his stupendous
memory. that minute attention OF his
TO both great and little things which
constituted his genius for system, his
infinite capacity for work. his realistic
luc.dity In the penetration Of difacult
problems. his patient methods OF
L ought-made him an executive
genius worthy Of the admiration OF all
times and all countries. They made
him. as well. a prototype Of the sane
sn6 sensible captains OF industry Of
modern America.
His life. like the lives Of all those
VINO do not live. Just TO sell alone. Is
full Of interesting lessons TO posterity.
His unremitting efforts TO make the
American people into a real nation
and. despite carping criticism, TO safe
guard what he considered TO be the
j.
c' his own popularity, must surely
awaken the interest OF the Italy Of
today. whose own outstanding task Is
70 consolidate In the consciousness Of
her people and maintain before the
vcrid her own national unity. which
has but recently been perfected.
But. in addition 70 my admiration
for George Washington, am moved
by the breath Of fellow feeling when
Sc she writings Of your great country
man strike such passages as the
following
The men vino oppos. a strong.
energetic government are. In my
opinion, nayrow-nainded politicians or
&. under the influence Of local views.
The apprehension expressed by them
that tne people viii not sccece 10 the
form proposed lie the ostenslbie, not
the real cause ri opposition"
The difference In conduct between
the friends and foes ~ good govern
raest ID that the latter are always work
ing and distilling their poison. while
the former are depending oftentines
t>o much end 100 long. upon Tn" ssnse
sno good disposition of the people 70
WORK Git their conviction and neglect
the means of eifecting H."
Ceorge Washington hereby expressed
his realization that procrastinatlon in
difficult political situations can BE- the
thief ngt only of time but of e!ficac.ous
reform aE we'll
no student II George Washington &
If: can fail 70 be- impressed by the fact
tnat this sensitive high-minded man
TsallzeG the danger " constructive gos-
eminent from attacks by the press,
If the government and the officers
q Il STe " b. the constant theme foI
Newspaper abuse, and this tDo. without
understanding ~ investigate the mo-
,ises or the facts. it will be impossible
conceive, Tor any man living 10
manage tnf flsjm or 10 keep the ma
chine togetter." he wrote.
In President Wasningnns first csbi-
3net, with Thomas jefferson and hiex-
sndria Hamilton a. members. the cab
met meetings, WastlingNrns biogfs-
ptisFs relate, became mere Debating
se,ciet.es SO tIst Washington himself
wrote Pickering Il shall no,
DfAg d man into any offce of con"
sequence knowingly whose p,iitics
ael4s+A are adverse 10 The measures
Nlllcb the general government h Duf
E3jng
THIS was sfteTwaId adopted as ths
pFgnclgle u the Government OF tAs
United states Aud IL has also beer
scoDted by tk4e national government o
Fabclkt IL6ly
What nyiDg American would indoFs'
today the opinion u one Of Washing
tons most bitter hdVeTssries who hsf
ahe sudacity 10 declare II ever q ns
ton wsS cebauehed Dy one man, tn'
American Nation was debs DcBed b,
Washington II eset nation VA
deceived by one man, the Amefirsi
Nation waA deceived by Washington
Let MS conduct be warning W In
sIitiJe eEes
Y.t the futlire ages like the great Ba
kais u h4s SeasJGIe st4c sGetf1oAsu