Untitled

Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1927, Page 2

A 1 cssoi.ixis warning to the Italian Par.lament. tn:u "me present LliamUcr and tne method or its c.ecUon might consider tin nisei, es abolished,” is a matter for tlie Italians tliemsel.es to consider, and when they are forced to the point ol mailing a decision for themselves on tins question the results ot their tic.{lterations may not be altogether favouraole to But ills attacks upon foreign nations and iiis vague warnings of future wars are in quite a different category. What can lie the effect of public proclamations concerning the political decadence of Germany anil the moral corruption and degeneration of France, says an Auckland paper and to intensify ruci... bitterness anil to exasperate political dissensions which, without suck .stimulation, might he expected to die a natural death And what is the purpose behind the Dnce’s constant prediction of coming wars, his openly expressed contempt for such “platonic nianilestations” as the Treaty of Locarno, and his declared intention of placing 0,0,Ki. (XIO men “in a state of full war efficiency” to meet the eventualities of tne future? The Kaiser at his worst never used language more directly provocative or better calculated to produce that “breach of the peace” which the world*has been striving so strenuously to prevent ever since the Gfj&tt War ended. In another column to-day will he found some reference to the Fascist decalogue which, inter alia, maintains that Mussolini is always light. There is also an injunction plainly to be prepared for war. Yet, Italy is still a member of the League of Nations. It would appear that Mussolini is really spoiling for a tight, for his speeches are frequently provocative of war. There is just the hope that his neighbours, knowing hint at close hand, do not regard his speech with the awe it is intended to create, but realise his position at the head of the nation is maintained only by the impression he can make on his people with his hand of faithful Fascists prepared to uphold him within Italy, right or wrong. Across the border, against odds, It would be a very different matter.