Show lAKER AKER VIEWS ZONE OF BATTLE IN ITALY Secretary Is Received at Headquarters of and Signally Honored 13 By DY Associated Press Pre ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS Monday April 1 The I.-The The American seere- seere iry fY of ot war Newton D. D Baker aker Ned anted by th the mcm members of ot his hla staff Ct ar- ar this thi U-ed U at the Italian headquarters He lie was Joined here hero by Ambas- Ambas ador Thomaa N. N Page Pape who came cam from tome tonye and Major General Eb Eben n 81 Swift Ct ho fro head of ot the American military mill mis- millIon lon Ion to Italy I The party proceeded to the supreme omm nd where a handsome villa lIIa ws ia ed nt the disposal 1 of or the American of ot war Mr Maker Aker and Mr Pa Pape called on General Diaz DIu the tho secretary secre secre- tary remaining rc for an nn extended talk with ho tho Italian commander c In chief Later General Diaz entertained Se Secre- Secre ary Baker Ambassador Page and Genral Genral Gen- Gen ral ral Swift nt at luncheon The Tho conference rave cave ve opportunity for an en D agreeable cx- cx hango of or views In which General Diaz poke In high terms of or the American n troops and Ambassador u Page Pahe referred tl n o th the strong bond bonda of ot friendship ng be between tw n America and Italy and the 1 lesire lr of or the United States Statts to do elo everything every every- thinK thing which would contribute to the winning of or the common cause MEETS DUKE General Diaz Diu desired dt to conduct Secretary Sec Sec- S c- c i Baker r along tho the Plays Pla river and mountain fronts front but Lut the tho weather wt conditions conditions condi condl- Ions did ld not permit It This Thin afternoon R Secretary Baker and Ambassador 8 met the Duke of or Aosta cousin of ot King Victor Emmanuel at tho the of ot the Italian third arm Army and later r proceeded to Venice where where th they y saw paw tho the extensive e destruction ie- ie tion Ion caused b by air raid raids and th the relief work conducted by II U. H. H Carroll CArron the American consul nl nt Venice and th the American Red fled Cross Cros Mr Baker and Mr Pane P UfO departed tonight for or Rome Home The desolate condition of or Venice left no so by tho the evacuation of ot two thirds of or It u. u population and the destruction otmAn of ot mAn many of ot its It tn churches church and buildings by aerial bombardment WAH wag witnessed to today today to- to dl day b by Newton D. D Baker the American t of or war Mr Ir Baker RAker And nd Thomas ThomAi Nelson IA Page t tho American am ambassador or had harl stopped d I At the headquarters headquarter fiC of ot the third Italian arm army on their we way vay to Venice to call on tho the Duko Duke of Aosta VENICE FLOODS VIEWED Admiral Marzolo nolo naval Val commandant of or Venice sent his chief of staff and tho admirals admiral's ar barge barg to conn convoy convey the American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican pArt party to the city Tho The trip was US through the Venetian 1 In coons oon afforded afforded n a view v of or the region flooded cd b by the Italian military engineers rl In order to hold hoM back the enemy enemy's en en- n- n rm emy emy's advance nn Arriving In Venice Mr 1 Baker Ambassador Am Am- Page Pago were escorted tI to the admirals ad ad- ad ml mImIs mImI's ral's rals headquarters The Tho party then 1 through tho Grand canal to the theP P Place Marco JI o and to the city council council coun coun- cil ell chamber where the tho the mayor or mn or of or Venice enice Count with the the prefect and an members of or the the municipality extended the tal welcome of ot the city Count Count bits bit's address was a warm tribute to th the States and nIt nu acknowledgment of It Americas America's part In assisting during th tM the n recent critical period VISITS PALACE Later Mr Ir Baker and party pirty visited the noho palace ct the and tho the df of San Pan n Marco I The secretary noted the tho defensive ar armor armor nr ar- mor metr and Sandbags with which nil nU th these lIo world monuments were covered He lie also nilio went nt through the tho Interior of or the Dogs p lace now stripped 1 of most of ot Its pre ire oas paintings painting and presenting the tho Rp- Rp of ot a fl citadel 1 t Att After r viewing ln the Ihn church churches and other thell of or the tho aerial bom bombardment nt Secretary Baker and Ambassador Page loge IU eft for Rome nom his hi Impression sion lons 8 of ot Italy Secretary taker Baker authorized author author- th the following statement I have havo been en deeply Interested In to the tho military activity U of ot the Italian luHan Army and nOlI regret that ro fog prevented m my seeing the tho marvelous tn engineering work works constructed construct construct- ed d b by them In th the tho legged mountain I country through which their lino runs Nothing could exceed uce d the hospitality with which my 01 visit has haft h been n received And it tl has bt been n mado made possible for tor mo me to toFee to tot Fee t a great deal IMI In a n short hart time The Tho relations r. between th the Italian n army Arm lint anti people popl O and the tho Americans m here I is I. most mOlt sympathetic and cordial And It Reve av ave me mo pleasure to express the elation of ot America for tor tho the splendid loyally loyalty loy loy- altof alt ally of ot Italy to tho the common cause e and ando 0 o n reciprocate cl th the warm sentiments sentiment ex expressed ox- ox pressed reSeed everywhere e e for lor Am America and Americans |