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Show I COMMUNICATION t 9 Editor Tribune It is Injustice to accuse ac-cuse Italy of imperialism. The territorial desires and designs of tho government were freely expressed long before the victory vic-tory over Austria, and anyone with a little knowledge of geography knows that for the protection, not of Italy only, but also of the Balkan states, Italy must have the upper part of the Adriatic sea under her control. It should not be necessary any longer to repeat in how many forms the Austro-German propagandists are posing. A newspaper of Rome states that certain Jugo-Slava in the redeemed land of Italy are really Austrians and Germans in disguise. The same newspaper news-paper and official authorities In Italy are reporting thut among the alleged Jugoslavs Jugo-slavs in Flume many were found of pure German ancestry, and on them are blamed tho few disturbances which have occurred among the Italians and Slavs of the Dalmatian coast. These Germans and Austrians, posing as Jugo-Slave, are exerting all their efforts to create dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction and friction between the Italians and Jugo-Slavs. The Italian consul con-sul here, ,F. Anselmo, asserts that their efforts, however, can have little success, as the Italian forces in Fiume are sufficient suffi-cient to maintain order. Italy is treating treat-ing the Jugo-Slavs better than Austria treated them. This is proved by the fact that an Italian committee for the independence inde-pendence of the Czecho-Slovaks took the initiative in establishing at Rome a "Rome-Prague" club to facilitate the study and development of the political, economic and cultured relations between the two peoples. This club plans to spread among tho Italians a knowledge of the merita and achievements of the Czecho-Slovaks, : and to spread Italian propaganda amoner them. The real inhabitant Jugo-Slavs of Flume, Fl-ume, Zara,- pqla and . all Italia irredente (now redenta), to prove their loyalty to Italy,, have sent a delegate representing this region to- the Italian parliament at Rome. The delegate, Dr. Gino Antoni, was - chosen by the national council of Flume, and at Rome he will present the rights under which Fiume, Zara and Pola claim admission to the union ot Italy. Very recently insurance policies . were distributed by representatives of the Italian Ital-ian government to ' the Czecho-Slovak troops fighting In. Italy, In the presence of General Graziahl, General Solaro and Commander Scodnik. This is enough evidence evi-dence of the expression of the fraternal feeling which exists In Italy for the real Jugo-Slavs, between Italy and the new ally, the Czecho-Slovak nation. Let us hope that, the allies' and espe- , cially the American press will co-opernte with and help' Italy defeat the efforts of the Teuton spies as she defeated their , armies on the Held. Yours truly, SAM U lib SCALZO. Salt Lake City, Dec. 11, 1918. |