New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
Prsf. Salveaaiai Criticisss Italian Dictater and Treaty WitA vatcaa at Quist Msetiag.

WIA plAlo ct0h1oU &30 unlI0fm30 policeman aprinklsd through the audisAcA, about lIe psssens atteRd- ed aA enti.F FAsclst meeting at Gen. tral Junier High scAeel last night. In spite ef intimatiens that admir. erG vfi2Nsbeaini Intended to march in . body" te the meeting and stage . demonstration. there was no hint of disordsr The spedter was Pref. c. salyeRaiat, formerly of the Uni- versityt of Nlorence. Italy. Hts sub ject was "Fsscism in Italy and the Treaty With the Vatican"
 Nhe OsH6t Gavaa Muosallst
 Professor Salvemini said that Italy was by no means on the verge of economic dissolution when the fascist dictartership was ct up .n 1s31 and that the country et prss- ent is much nearer m ecchemic crisis.
 Hs quoted figures ts show steady recovery from the World ,WaF se have been in progrAss in 1888. 0y that year. according te the eeeaksr. the country was using a HeocA ms tive power as It had used In iSl3. before the war broke out. In other words. it had recovered the ground which 1t lost during the, war,
 Continuing, he said that much .ef this ground was lost after the dic- tatorship came into power through imitation of the currency and abxn- donment of Improvements which had been in progress during the four years from 111s to 1ez1. when finally dehation of the currency was effected in 1927 by bofrowiaE American money. much credit was given Mussolini for gaining . rato of 10 lire to the dollar which before his regime had been 20 lire ts the dollar. The professor told his iis- eners that during Mussolini's regime it had been as low as 30 lire to the dollar.
 Individual Hberty Gone j,
 Professor Sayemini said that Fas- cist propastn nda today makes much of the fact that trains in Italy run on time but little il said of the loss of individual rights and liberties such as freedom of the preas and free speech. or uncensored mail. He said that he would prefer to wait 20 minutes for train and bs n. sured that his mall would not be opened by government censors.
 Hits st Treaty With vattcsa
 Professor ealvemini devoted part of his address to outlining the benefits and damages to the state which, he said. have resulted from the treaty with the Vatican. Mus solini was being given credit for solving the great problem between the church and tho state. The speaker said that he accom- plished this mighty question by concedinE everything to the church. When you rive In everything on one side. there is no problem left te bs solved" he said. In the spsaksrss opinion, the Pope received lands, special laws. . S4,000.00O annuity instead of the $600,000 annuity in the days before the disa Ereement, and in return he gave Mussolini . blessing. These remarks were greeted with loud handclapping by the majority Of the audience.
 Qsestteaea by Aud6eNce
 At the conclunion Of the speech. q lively debate toek place between the professor and individuals in the audience who took issue with him on different questions.
 The professor was asked how he came to be driven out of Italy. He answered that he WAS never driven out of the country and 1t is not the policy of the dtctstershtp to drive