Word: nitti
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Particularly With His Neighbor, "Civilization's Enemy" Francesco Nitti, whilom Premier of Italy, has chronicled* the post-war conditions and problems of Europe. He condemns France as the greatest enemy of civilization and says that she is planting the germs of a mighty retribution in the heart of every German...
...this fact that it derives its principal merit. Even though the light in which events and facts are shown is always entirely unfavorable to France, the book has a distinct interpretative value for the student; to the layman there is always the shadow of an impartial truth in Signer Nitti's most fiery denunciations. His Francophobia must, however, always be borne in mind...
...Nitti, Peaceless Europe...
Soon after the war, when the Nitti government had lost practically all control in a Bolshevik uprising, the Fascisti appeared on the scene. The students of the University of Bologna, young men of the better classes, and many former soldiers arose under the leadership of Mussolini and restored the national govenment to power...
...dignified but comparatively unimportant position of President. The French Parliament surprised the world by electing another man. The vote was generally deemed an expression of dissatisfaction with the "Tiger's" work in connection with the Peace Treaty. In Italy there have been several turnovers; Orlando was replaced by Nitti; the latter after resigning was reappointed, but was later succeeded by Giolitti. In the United States, President Wilson, hailed two years ago as the world's new savior, has been defeated in his plan for prompt acceptance of the League of Nations...