Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-03 | Page 4 | Clash of Italians and Americans

I CLASH OF ITALIANS AND AMERICANS. There always is a feeling of resentment resent-ment when American sailors are assailed as-sailed in foreign ports and t-he average American desires revenge, but the commanding officers invariably do the proper thing when they call in their men and suspend shore leave. American sailors may be Classed as good, bad and indifferent They are as capable as any other body of sail ors of starting a 'Tousli house" on short notice, and, no doubt, quite often are the aggressors. But the American, very much like the Englishman, is for fair play Iln will use his fists and even his fcei in a street brawl, and nertr resort to firearms or knives except as a last resort. re-sort. The Italiun differs In that he thinks of a knile when he starts a row. On Monday, I .nun tailors In the port of Shanghai, had a grievance against a dozen American sailors from one of the warships, Finding the Americans unarmed .:i cafes, the Italians Ital-ians started attacks and did not stop until they had stabbed five Ameri cans. Events of this kind cm be readily turned into serious international disagreements dis-agreements Had the commander of the American warohlp given his men a freo hand, more ihan one Italian would have been brought down on his knees. It. Is well that dieorders of this kind are stopped by a stern order and. if I any wrongs have been committed, that the offenders are brought before a court and punishment inflicted by Impartial Im-partial Judges I