Italy: How the Government Met the Revolution.

In the official version of foreign newspapers, the recent seizure of Italian factories by the workmen, resulting in a nation-wide compact for workers' supervision in industry, was made possible only by the "incredibly supine attitude of the Italian Government." This explanation of the Italian workers' success is sufficient to those who have forgotten that Europe has been shaken by a great war; that revolution is in reality, and not merely in headlines, stalking abroad; and that the Peace of Versailles has condemned everybody to grab what he can get. Premier Giolitti's official explanation of the Italian Government's attitude was that it is due to a social adjustment was taking place the world over.