Show W day r Insist Insistence nc of Badoglio That Italy Be Made of Allies Allies' Pres Presents Extraordinary y Pr Problem blem By 1 Q yUt Mackenzie Associated Press War Var Annl Analyst st Badoglio's Badoglio s Field Marshal Piel o insistence pro pro- as premier of the pro pro- I Italian government that tonal country be made a n defeated 1111 his s member In good standing among Se united nations presents the the extraordinary silica allies lilies with on one of the problems of ot the war nary nary The famous soldIer 73 but still told old Richard Rich Rich- active and full fuU of told fight fight Massock Associated Press ard int G G. G correspondent rr who visited the premier pre pre- pr mier at Naples that he is ready to do everything necessary to Z-aln Z the alliance for which he has I ask asktiS Badoglio intimated that that- his idea was to protect Italy's interests interests in in- in- in at the peace table after I helping to defeat Germany Touches of Humor The situation isn't without Its touches both of oC humor and to not a few extreme annoyance Its It's hard to decide whether the doughty old warriors warrior's voice oice is that of the penitent prodigal with c. c weather eye on the fatted calf cal or whether its it's an exhibition of nerve Anyway if anyone but Badoglio had made such a proposition there likely lIkey would have been more adverse adverse adverse ad ad- verse verse reaction than already has been registered and registered and there has been plenty The French for instance instance instance in in- stance dont don't easily forget that the treacherous Mussolini stabbed La LaBelle LaBelle LaBelle Belle France in the back while she was struggling for her life with Hitler The idea of making Italy one of oC the allies now nauseates nauseates nauseates nause nause- ates a lot Jot of ot them A good many people of other allied countries also feel that theres there's no need to a kill the fatted calf for Italy even though theres there's no general bitterness against the rank and file of the Italian people who probably were more sinned I against by Mussolini than sinning Then many of at our troops who I have had t to fight the Italians and have seen comrades shot Bho down by bythe bythe bythe the Romans have no desire to sit st abo about ut the campfire with the men who were so recently their enemies No Encouragement Still sun few people deny Badoglio the right to try to get all he can can for his stricken strick n country He wouldn't be much of a premier if it ithe he didn't try it Also even Badoglio's Ba Ba- doglio's severest critics remember that this man who started life In a peasants peasant's cottage and rose roseto roseto roseto to be a duke deuce and supreme chief chic of the general staff of ot the Italian army begged to be allowed to crush Mussolini when the latter made his march on on Rome to demand demand demand de de- de- de mand the dictatorship True Badoglio Badoglio Badoglio Ba Ba- doglio later led il jJ duces duce's armies but out he did so as a servant of the king who had handed the government government government govern govern- ment o over or r to Mussolini Correspondent Massock summed up the position of oC Badoglio's application application ap ap- ap- ap lion for an alliance this way While Badoglio didn't say so himself himself himself him him- self associates told me afterward that the American and British governments had given him no encouragement to expect an alli alli- ance lance Italy of or course already is recognized recognized recognized rec rec- rec- rec as a by the allies alUes Whatever ma may be the decision de de- de- de cislon regarding an alliance there I Ican can be no doubt that Italy must pay dearly for he her partnership with Hitler Unless there is an amazing change of heart in the allies' allies camp she will never get back the bulk of her empire She will be reduced to one of oC the minor European powers stripped of ot any striking power with which to practice practice practice tice further aggression Badoglio also told Massock that he intended to stay in power with his present government until King Vittorio Emanuele finds a better one one a a stand hotly contested by bythe bythe bythe the Italian committee of national liberation which wants the ruler to abdicate On February 22 Brit Brit- BritIsh British British ish Prime Minister Churchill told the house of at commons Should Shoud we succeed in the present present present pres pres- ent battle and enter Rome Rome Rome-as as I trust and believe we shall we shall we shall be free to review the whole Italian political position and we shall do so with many advantages which we do not possess a at t the present time It is from Rome that a more broadly based Italian government can be formed |