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Show Foreign Minister Tittoni Urges Cabinet to Resign ROME. Friday, Nov. 21. (By the Associated Press.) Foreign Minister Tittoni 'a friends represent him as of the opinion that it would be better for his cabinet to resign because the min- Ister.;, through neither their fault nor any on the part of Premier Nittl, i whom Signor Tittoni is a Btroni ad mirer, have failed to rrali.e the COUD i try's expectations. It is pointed out that they have not succeeded in rhnnpjng the attitude Ol President Wilson toward Itah , have not settle) the Adriatic question and have sustained a reverse in the general elections. Consequently, tightly or wrongly, the majority of public opinion is against them. Premier Nittl. on the other hand, i declared by those close to him to be ' i of a firmly confident attitude and as; considering that to abandon power al puch a moment would be equivalent to! general deserting his soldiers on tho battlefield almost to the desertion' of the king and the country This Is j not the moment to desert but to reman re-man inflexible, to sacrifice every thing, I life itself, If necessary, in the service j nf Italy Is Sicnor Nitti's view, accord-! I ing to his friends. i Pre supposing that the cabinet' will I present itself to lhe parliament on December De-cember l unchanged t with a d sltt red i personnel if Foreign Minister Tittoni j persists in his decision to resign, the I jquestion Is asked in political and gov-eminent gov-eminent circles: "What should the kind do?" The problem is being considered that on that day It would be advisable J for him lo develop a 'diplomatic ill i j ness," In that case the royal speech might be read by the premier, but the ardent admirers of the House of Savoy j are pointing to the traditional courage I of its members and declare it would be difficult to imagine King Vleton Emmanuel agreeing to such a suggestion. sugges-tion. Even if the king should not attend the opening session and. therefore, it would not be possible to insult him personally, the fact is being called to j attention that nothing could prevent the Socialists making an anti-monarchical demonstration If they were determined de-termined to do so. The antl Socialists' view is that this might not be a bad thing. They argue l that if the Socialists from the begin j nlng rendered parliamentary work im I i possible by their excesses this condi I tion would react against them and j tend to decrease iheir numbers largely when the country was appealed to aft-1 er the dissolution of the chamber. Another element in conservative circles, however, has suggested even such a radical measure as the abdication abdica-tion of King Emnianuel in favor of tho i Duke of Aosta who is especially popu iar with the army and among the par i ties favorable to lhe king. It is Contended that this would not help the situation from the conservative stand point, as the personality of the ereln Is not at Issue. If a chance in tho ruler were to he an advantage, It is argued in this quarter, the best arrangement ar-rangement possibly would be the elevation ele-vation of Crown Prince Humbert under un-der a regency, possibly that of the Duke of Aosta. A Rome dispaieh today announced the retirement of Foreign Minister Tittoni from the cabinet, apparently indicating that the view of Premier Nltti had prevailed as to the course to bo pursued. |