Signor Orlando, the Italian Premier, resigned office on Thurs- day
week, after the Chamber had shown that it could no longer support him and his Foreign Minister, Baron Sonnino. We think of Signor Orlando as the statesman who took the helm when Italy was shaken by the disaster of Caporetto and steered her safely through the critical year which ended in the over- whelming victory in Venetia. His countrymen, however, blame him for his failure to secure a satisfactory Peace. Leading Italian journals like the Milan Corriere, which rejoice over Signor Orlando's fall, assert most positively that it implies no change in Italy's foreign policy. We see no reason why it should do so. Signor Nitti, the new Premier, has been fortunate in securing Signor Tittoni as Foreign Minister and leader of the Peace Delegation, for Signor Tittoni, who was for a time Italian Ambassador in London and who has been Foreign Minister twice before, is one of the most accomplished and popular diplomatists in Europe. We trust that he will soon succeed in settling the differences about Italy's Adriatic frontier. The Southern Slays need to be reminded, politely but firmly, that, if Italy is conciliatory, they must be conciliatory too.
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