THE PROBLEM OF ITALY
Sta,—In his kind review of my book on Italy Mr. Alan Rock says that I strongly incline " to present Fascism as no more than a Newgate Calendar episode in the development of modern Italy, staged by a political high- wayman together with a few henchmen, and not worthy of serious discus- sion except by criminologists." May I ask him to re-read particularly pages 4t-47 where, in surveying the historical background to the rise of Fascism I think I have male it abundantly clear that Fascism is not only a subject for criminologists? Mr. Alan Rock must also have over- looked my statement (page 95) that I have intentionally refrained from any prophecy. Otherwise he would not have asked me for a detailed plan for the future of Italy. I have always thought it is preferable to work on facts than to indulge in easy and sterile schemes on paper.
PAOLO TREVES•
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