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Show What Readers Think ITALIAN MOTHERS I have just received a letter from a mother in Italy who has three sons of military age, and whose cultural superiority is not to be confused with any ordinary parochial pa-rochial mediocrity. Translation: " and while It is true that the many editoriala that we read In the American press are prompted by a desire for peace, 'world peace' we feel that some of the American writers writ-ers have no sincere desire for just peace. We, too, have a great desire for peace, but peace with justice; while they choose to have peaca of the "status quo,' that is, peace without economic adjustment adjust-ment nor truly international democracy. de-mocracy. That would be slavery for us and subjugation to an economic eco-nomic tyranny; to the feudalists democrats. As for over a quarter quar-ter of a century we have demanded de-manded certain just and elementary element-ary territorial adjustments and tariff equalisations, but we have been shown a large, very large and powerful navy, fully armed, however, covered with a lurid veil, so-called democracy. They have' only insulted our impotence, military mil-itary Impotence, If you pleaae! . . .The decisions of Roma are counter to the interests of certain cer-tain nations, but are just logical, consistent and for the good of many; although detrimental to a very negligible few. Democracy or no democracy . "Italy is not offering apologies for brushing aside, and with no uncertain hand, all the paraphernalia para-phernalia which have attended the misuse of liberty. But why confuse liberty with independence? indepen-dence? In its international sense. Intelligent Italians know the difference dif-ference that separates liberty and independence. Surely, no true Italian, no descendant of in-ceetors in-ceetors such aa many of us, who gave much to Mazsinin and Garibaldi: Gari-baldi: no student of Mazzini'a 'Ir-redentism,' 'Ir-redentism,' would fail to raise the voice against the political independence in-dependence from foreign lands which Italy achieved after centuries cen-turies of sorrow. "But, after delving Into the depths of her foreign policies before and during fascism, it is pertinent to ask a question: When waa Italy more independent from other countries now that she considers democracy a putrid carcassor car-cassor when liberty weakened her so that abe had to be the slave of others?. . For there are moments in the history of- all lands when independence and democracy de-mocracy may present themselves absolutely antithetical terms, although al-though the men in the streets or superficial students, writers and lecturers, whose scholastic rigid training ia questionable, will style them both liberty.. . .Foe that is the pivotal point around which the future international status of our planet will revolve: and the present race for armaments, coupled with a longing for peace' which does not even distantly resemble re-semble a desire for justice, does not lead to any permanent good. While some countries have an- I nexed more than they can pos-. aibly use, and others are denied even a minimum of territorial re-quirementa, re-quirementa, iove of peace' means only 'love for the peaceful enjoyment en-joyment of loot' ' "The eagerness to right this wrong goes a long way in explaining explain-ing the mystic spell of fascism on its cohorts and the rigid disciplinary dis-ciplinary self-application in order or-der to accomplish what 10 years ago was considered an insurmountable insur-mountable obstacle. The miracle of the Italian unity: one for all and all for one. Mussolini and tbe entire youth of the nation have shown the way with their sacrifices." Thus the reasoning of the Italian Ital-ian mothers. Whom you have in-auKed. in-auKed. B. F. SCALZO. Reader Scahw misreads aa editorial. ed-itorial. "It Dtdnt Take Lrag." published In The Telegram Thurs- ' For Italian women. Italian mother, there waa M disparaging disparag-ing ward. Censure was for dle-tatar dle-tatar and aateUltra whe ever cry art for Sables, mere and mere bablea far eaanoa fodder. Editor. ' . . . i |