Signor Mussolini then went on to say that in foreign
affairs the Treaties of Peace must be honoured as Italy was committed. Nevertheless, if absurdities were re- vealed it would be right to re-examine the situation. Italy had become powerful, and her motto now was " Nothing for Nothing." She asked her Allies to search their consciences, which hitherto they had not done. The Entente must either be strengthened and become a homogeneous block, with equal rights and equal duties, or else its death-knell must be sounded. He hoped for the first solution. As for Turkey, she should be treated reasonably, but the Allies must also say to her, " Thus far and no farther." The domestic policy for Italy was summed up in the words economy, work, discipline. Those three words make an excellent programme, and we sincerely congratulate Signor Mussolini on their adoption. He must remember, however, that the first of the three, economy, is the master-word.
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