ITALY'S POLITICAL CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2795, 13 June 1916, Page 5

ITALY'S POLITICAL CRISIS

"CULMINATION OF LONG-WHISPERED COMPLAINTS."

(By Telegraph—Press Associ-.tion—Copyright)

' m, .... Rome, Juno 11. ... . , 0 Political crisis is the culmination of long-whispered complaints of J taly s lukewarm conduct of tho war, and of the aloofness of the Government trom tho Parliament and tho people. Supporters of the, Government deplore -such action at the most inopportune moment, at the height of the Austrian offensive. the Government organs describe the situation as simply painful, and declare that.the military situation has been cleverly used to influence certain deputies whose anxiety was easily aroused and who considered that the only remedy was a. National Ministry reorienting all parties. Signor Salandra, although not opposing the extension of the Ministry, has Jlot adopted the proposal, preferring to resign and give King Victor Emmanuel an opportunity to reconstruct the Government on. a national basis. All parties agree that the war must be conducted more vigorously and in closer union with the Allies.

CABINET RESIGNATIONS PENDING. I

mi ci ,■ Rome, June 11. Ihe confidence motion was negatived by 197 votes to 158. Certain Cabinet resignations, are to be announced on Mo nday. .

ITALIAN PREMIER ON THE MILITARY OUTLOOK,

In the Chamber, the Premier (Signor Salandra) said: "Favourable 'conditions enabled Die enemy to gain an initial success on the Italian front We manly, courage, and admit that if wo had been better prepared for the enemy's advance we could have held them a little longer, but thev have now been arrested, and have mado little progress since the litst easy success. He would be a bold man who would say that the critical moment lad been successfully passed because the flanks had been stopped by our dence " l ' C anCC ceutre -' Bu . t we can view the final outcome with eonfi(ence"; ' —-; V ■ ' ! . A TRIBUTE TO SALANDRA. -u CH o • L- . • ~ , t , Paris i Jims'll. AI. ht. Brice, in ail article -n the 'Journal," says: "We ought not to allow Signor Salandra to go without paying respectful homage .to his brilliant services to the Entente. Italy's decisions on tho 4th August, 1914 (not to make common cause with Germany and Austria in a war of aggression) and th rt aith May, 1915 (declaring war on Austria), will live in history and in tho grateful.recognition ot France.' - - . THE LOSS OE THE ITALIAN TROOP TRANSPORT. (Rec. June 12, 6.50 p.m.) mi. , , ~, , Rome > June 11. Two thousand soldiers were on board the transport Priueipe Umberto, which was torpedoed in the Adriatic, and of ilioso one thousand were lost.