Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
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OREMoNA ,NUOvA. Cremona.--
The criticism that has been d.
fected at Signor Belloni, for
~ mer chief executive Of Milan,
by the press of that and other
cities has not, IN our opinion, been fully
Justified. Signor Belloni has always felt
that desperate ailments require power
full remedies and for this reason has
supported the policy Of the government
in exiting men Of prominence who are
actively opposed to the beneficial pro-
gram Of the government.
One Of the original Fascist enact
ments was that only those actually
guilty of evasions of the law, or OF ut
terarces against the orders Of the state,
should be punished. Thus, when a man
was condemned to prison or exile for
his rnisderneanors it was not desired
that his friends and relatives should
suffer with him when they were. not In
volved in his offenSes. However, certain
chronically dissatisfied persons have
sought to prove that it was cruel ap-
plication of the law which obliged an
agitator to leave the country, while his
family, in many instances, remained In
Italy. This is an erroneous conclusion
on the part Of these sincere sympathiz-
ers, for very often the members OF a
mans family have not cared to suffer
Punishment with him from their native
land, since they have not, as a rule,
shared the political convictions of those
whom the government has seen ut to
discipline.
In cases where the wife and children
Of such an exile have desired to depart
with the husband and father, permits
sion can always be secured to leave
Italy, If there are no considerations
which would justify the division of the
family as a further punishment upon
the principal offender.
italians, born and bred and imbued
with the proper love and traditional
loyalty for their native land, are ready
ana glad to obey Italian laws. Those
devoid Of all these f1lial sentiments for
the f11otherland are expecting too much
when they ask a special tenderness and
ler1iency in the reproving Of their mis-
deeds.
Government Inefficiency
Blamed for Cruisers.
Di-rio del Concrete, Barranquilla!--
Another sample of governmental inef1-
cheney is seen in the matter of three
cruisers lately purchased for use on the
Magdalena River. The nautical expert
Senior Paulo e. Nieto, who studied in
the Royal Naval Academy, at Cadiz,
expresses himself regarding these new
vessels as follows:
"Barranquilla.- experienced SAD
surprise and q deep regret in viewing
the boats lately acquired for service on
the Magdelena. Though admirably con-
structed. of beautiful lines and of great
power, they are entirely unsuited for
the purpose for which they are in
tended The most ignorant deckhand
on the river knows by instinct that
boats equipped with propellers will
never work on the Magdalena, and proof
of this is in the fact that all the pas
senger and freight steamers at pres
ent navigating this stream. after a SCI
entinc study Of conditions relative to
current and depth. are equipped with
paddle wheels instead of screw propel-
lers, such as are used on the new cruis-
ers.
I'm brief, these new boats do not cor
respond IN any particular with the
functions they are intended to fill Their
essential characteristics, after their Of
fensive and defensive qualities and
their speed, should be their ability to
transport full crew Of 500 men to the
uppermost reaches of the river perle-
tratior which these heavy-draught, sea-
going units are absolutely unable to ac-
complish. When it comes to patrolling
and protecting the Magdalena, Colon
bic Is no better off after the acquisi-
ton of these boats than she was before.
whoever is responsible for this blunder
should be made to answer for it before
the minister of war is tempted to pun
ish the officers and crews Of the vessels
for not achieving what they were dele
gated 20 do. The only way out of the
dif6culty that can see Is to transfer
these cruisers to maritime duty and to