| Show ITALY HAS COUNCIL TO SPEED UP WAR premier Is determined to follow energetic policy 10 y in pushing the war now that the ille italian cabinet has a working majority sufficiently numerous and powerful to combat antiwar intrigue both inside and outside parliament premier orlando Is determined to follow an energetic war policy in fact a war council has been formed in ita italy I 1 Y composed of the premier the ministers of foreign affairs war navy arms and munitions treasury and another member of the cabinet chosen by the premier besides the two chiefs of staff I 1 of the army and navy executive measures connected with the war and having an urgent character will be decided in future by the war council instead of the cabinet and considerable loss of time will thus 63 saved with great advantage to the success of military operations heretofore delayed as their i approval depended on long disca discussions solons in cabinet councils premier orlando recently confirmed in the senate his bis declaration in the house houe that no compromise was possible with those who opposed the war as any weaken the resistance of the country amounted to treason arid and antiwar activity exclusively benefited the enemy an energetic war policy would be impossible in a country like italy unless the government were backed by the people so long as the provisioning of the country Is assured and the encouraging announcement made in the senate by the minister of food signor cresel who said that special agreements had bad been concluded with the united states and the argentine republic whereby they placed at the allies dispo disposal sala a considerable portion of their wheat crops affords the best proof that the question of food shortage has been satisfactorily solved hol aea there Is no danger of italis elimination from among the allies the recent recen cen t insidious austop german pence proposals have not decel deceived vo d ital italians I 1 an 3 who realize that thai their acceptance would be worse than defeat |
