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Show U. S. INFLUENCE TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH ITALY ROME. May IS (( orp-poudence of The Associated Press.) "American influence in-fluence in Italy must succeed German Influence of pre-war days American tools mnchines and agricultural ini plements must replace the Teuton brands American education must supercede su-percede Germanic education. The books from the shelves of libraries written In Italian to impress the Italian Ital-ian mind with Germany s gre&tness and superiority and German catalogt.es written in Italian must make room for new books written in Italian of Ami-ri ca's greatness and catalogues of American Ameri-can house? in Italian to preach Ameri- : can trade and i ommerce." ! This was the statcmrnt of Ir William Wil-liam Obarlr-s White, of the Rockefeller Tuberculosis Foundation commissior.l Ferring with the American Red Cross. 1 Dr. White has conducted an exhaust-lye exhaust-lye invr-stifrntion of ihe educational system of Italy with a view of intrn ducinp; into the schools the American system of hygienic instruction We have found in the libraries throughout Italv, hundreds of bonks telling of German methods and German! S3 Stems. The ramifications winch Ger ! ni.my had in Italy to capture Italy'; trade were enormous It brought her results for until 1915, she had a rr-.it rr commerce with Italy than any other nat ion "Knowledge of America whre al-' most half a million Italians went an 1 jnually before the war. the American J methods and lue are lacking in Italy j while works on German education ctn I be found In great abundance." |