Show ITALY AND U. U S. S ON SAME GROUND Mutual i Interests and Aims Are Pointed Out Ou by Roman Roman Ro Ro- Ro- Ro man Juan Statesman Rome Jul July 27 The Thc The fifth year ear of or war dawns full Cull of hope for the en- en tonte Senator tor Guglielmo Marconi said ald to tho the Associated Press We c have passed Successfully through many se severe se- se yore vere trials Other trials ma may be bo ahead of us us but In lit tho the light of or the tho dogged determination and tho time undaunted courage courage cour cour- age shown b by all nil the tho allied troops Inthe in inthe inthe the past wo we ma may look Into the tha future with all confidence and trust America and Italy have hn man many points In common Above e all tho they feel that both fought and won their dence Doth Both have havo always stood for liberty liberty lib lib lib- crt erty for tOl the tho freedom of oC nationalities We Ve havo have now roach reached ell tho time crisis Inthe in inthe inthe the war wr The Germans will know If It the they do not obtain a decisive victory this year that the they will wili themselves In Infallibly infallibly In- In fallibly be defeated when America has hils had time to put her full tull strength th Into the ta task tak k Therefore the Germans are are- throwing all their available men against the various arlous points t f our defensive defensive defensive de de- de- de line hoping to break through somewhere and bring about an immediate immediato imme Imme- diate diato decision The position at nt present may mar be compared with tho time gigantic battle of Waterloo the armies of ot France a amid anil Ita Italy I representing the tho English h In tho the famous battle holding out for tor all time thc they are worth against tho the enemy's frenzied attacks In order to afford time for tor Americans to enter tho the fight and make nuke vIctor victory certain ln thus tItus changing Ing our Iron determination that the enem enemy shall not pai pass Into the certainty that wo we shall drive him drive before us Into the heart of his hlA own country Prince mayor maor of oC Rome nome wrote the following to tho the Associated Press With redoubled hopes of or spee speedy victories vie vic tories the world enters tho the fifth year car of oC the war a against tho the forces of barbarism barbarism bar bar- and evil Never er have we doubted doubt douht- ed that tho the cause use of right and Justice would triumph In the end but what now hOW makes us confident that this rc- rc stilt Is Indeed Inevitable Inc Is tho the thorough participation b by America In the tho warThe war The common Ideals of oC Justice which havo led the great Freal American republic Into the struggle str have o already b been en splendidly defined by Ambassador Page who Is 18 so 80 dear to us us when he lie said Throughout her long age history Italy our great mother conferred two gifts on humanity humanity constant constant faith Il in liberty an and amid right and th the discovery discover of the world The new world having been Inspired all along in It its history I b by those principles of law la did not hesitate hesitate hesi hesi- tate to confer all nil her richest blood all her sons when she he SAW W lIbert liberty threatened threat threat- ened cued In lit order that the priceless In Inheritance In- In which originated from front Rome Home should not be overwhelmed and de destroyed tie lIe stroe Italy's cau cause o i is Americas America's cause Just as it is the cause of all hu humanity hu- hu inanity manity as It Is IA the cause of Roman and Latin civilization cl I |