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Show ITALIAN PEOPLE TIRED OF TALK Though Restless, Tardieu Thinks Outbreak in France Unlikely. BY AXDRK TARDIEU. Former Trench High Commissioner to the l'nlt-. tjid -. (Copyright, 1922. by Tho Standard-Examiner.) Standard-Examiner.) PARIS. NOV. 4. When I cabled Inst week that lntprn.il no'ltlcs precedence very here over ' rn I had little thought that the Fascist! Fas-cist! success anl unprecdrnt mln- ' Isterlal uphoj w ! would S.rln such prompt confirmation. It WDUld require a bold Individual to predict tho result of this experiment. experi-ment. The only sure fact la that it proceeds pro-ceeds from the methods of government practiced since the war. All of Italy's worn-out polltlelins har follow '. ; each other Into oblivion. lttl. tjioliel. Bonomi, Facta, and the people, finally nauseated, and realizing that under tho leadership of these mediocre nn they were becoming smaller and ! smaller as a nation, overthrew then all and thus afforded Mussolini his opportunity. The national common sense revolted when a few months apo Mtti allowed the workers' Soviets to selzp the factories. fac-tories. Moreover, the negative ropa-, rations policy had produced the sam-) effect as In France. A change was demanded Fasclstlsm presenter! Itself and made nn instant nnniul liv matli. 1 ods are extremely young but It knows what It wants but not content with speaking, it acts and can succeed although al-though it inherits an extremely difficult dif-ficult situation. PREPARING TO LEAVE A similar movement would be 1 neither desirable nor possible In I France but the causes from which It springs exist here in great numbvr. ; In a few weeks the world will see what remedies France applies to the! Illness which Italy treats by surgery. rule l,ondon and Rome are thus Stirred up and Paris is grumbling menacingly, the chancellors continue their preparations for the Lausano-conference. Lausano-conference. After Mudanla everybody supposed, or at least feigned to sup-, sup-, pose, that further difficulties did not exist. Now It Is not denied that they do The Turks miss no opportunity to increase their demands which already al-ready were extensive No mor i i-pltulatlon, i-pltulatlon, special guarantees, nor consular con-sular jurisdictions for foreigners; the S!f i freedom of the straits to be guaran-lepd guaran-lepd by Turkey herself, in short recognition rec-ognition without conditions These are Kernel's own words. Meanwhile acts follow tho proclamation. European Euro-pean merchants are mistreated, safes L are broken and business halted French citizens at Krusa and Constantinople Con-stantinople say that If these condl- jbj tlons continue there is nothing to be done but to leave As for the Greeks and Armenians they aro simply pack-! Ingnp tills being their answer to thej Turkish newspaper declarations that' In the new Turkey there will be room for Mussulmans oniv In such circumstances what will Lausanne be'.' f won't risk a predlc-, predlc-, Hon hut the Turks will attempt to force the situation at every turn by massing troops around the neutral on. "VYhnt will be the reply of the powers to this' Even if they are In MH complete agreement it is unlikely without means of action on the spot they can Impose their will but no jflf agreement exists among them. The Ufa yaguc diplomatic correspondence has :''. "'-gun between London rind Pans IRjj but thus far it only concerns details Moreover. I must repeat again that ; ;us: as nn agreement was lmpossebl when reparations were discussed be- iween the powers so also when the Near East Is the problem unity of policy seems out of the question and ihe new year will commence with Weighty problems unsolved AMERICA STAYS OUT Meanwhile, the text of the Hughes Hi note has arrived. It sets forth Just his notions of the Oriental problems I but the role of a mero obserxcr w'll not give America any preponderant voice I have said and I repeat that one's authority Is measured by 'rfne'? responsibility. By again declaring Jrt,lJ22! QCCPt any responsibility respon-sibility tho United States has renounced re-nounced all authority. But why emphasize em-phasize it? Americana know it rji we'i as we and we must not Judg their I reasons for such an attitude. |