The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-24
MISCONCEPTION OF ITALIAN POLITICS HIT BY
 MURNO
Waterbury, Conn, May p, 1887

Waterbury, Conn, May g, 1887 Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 One of the most discussed cur rent topics by the American press is the Italian Fascism and the 1tal- ian international politics. It is commonly known that, generally, the newspaper comments follow ing a fixed policy, or because based on a superficial knowledge of the facts, are always against every Italian manifestation or move, es- pecially if directed at affirming the independence and the importance of the Italian point of view.
 This attitude of the press can be considered partisan or ignorant, but, if it is expressed with language Automatically inoffensive, will not serve to create resentmentS or bad feelings among people. Unfortun- ately, instead, many editors indulge in presenting their views with 1n- sulting remarks or alluding to cer- tain facts with a malicious 1nten- ton, This is the impertinent posi- tion assumed by some of the Eng fish newspapers, and for a strange dualism followed by a numerous group of writers of American journ- alS.
 Among these journals we have in Waterbury "The Republican" that with a periodical precision has the habit of annoying the Italian gov- ernment and the Italian people with comments showing an uncon- scious incomprehension of the facts treated, or deliberate manipula- ton of the news, for the always clear purpose of damaging morally the positions of the Italians. But the events that paralleled the Ital- ian occupation of Ethiopia have fully demonstrated that "The Re- publican" and all the other newspa- pers are, with very ridiculous servility, holding the long tail of England. Consequently they are delighted in echoing the English about the "humiliating references to Caporetto".
 APPLE-SAUCE No one can insult with inpunity great and generous people.
 We remember that in the year 1919, during the session of the peace conference, their editorials were ad- vocating and predicting with im- pudent obstinacy the asSignation of the Italian city of Plume to another nation; but the vision, the courage and the action of Gabrielle D'An- nunzio and his legionary defeated the combined obscure forces of the world and saved Plume to Italy.
 In 1921, during the communistic occupation of factories all over Italy, their editorial sympathies were with the destructors of the in- dustrial capacity of Italy; but, only a year after, in 1922, the ascension of Mussolini to the premiership of Italy saved that country from the bolshevikis, giv- ing new impetus to every form of works; and today, to prove the du- plicity of these newspapers policy, their editorials are forced to con- demn the sit down strikes, half reproduction of the Italian case.
 From 1922 to 1885 their editorials were predicting the downfall of the new Italian government; the fail- ure of that new conception of gov- erning nation; the financial bankruptcy of the Italian nation for being governed by non compe- tents, and so on. But those non competents, those persons bent on suppreSsing all the so-called liber- ties, created new philosophy of government, succeeded in debelling all the demagogues, utterances from the mind of the workers and gave 8 proud national consciousness to all the people. And to prove that this new doctrine has 8 moral value which cannot be denied, Germany, Portugal and Greece have adopted 1t and other nations are striving to reach it.
 In the years 1935-36, Italy, faced with a colonial problem moved to the solution of it in the same way and with .finality of civilization more than any other of the colon ial nations, and almost all the world, led by the unselfish Britain. aroused against the desire of Italy. Their newspaper editorials and the writings of all the so-called "ex- perts': military. financial, medical