"We take up arms in order to solve, after the unfortunate problem of our land frontiers, the question of our maritime borders. We must break the chains of a territorial and ire which are suppressing For a nation of 45,- 000,000 is not free if it does not have access to its ocean.
"This gigantic ght is only one phase in the logical development of Our revolution. Tt is the Aght of a oer ud fecund people agains expropriators who possess a monopoly over all riches and all the gold fon earth. It is the fight of a young fecund people against people without growing population who are about decline. It is the fight of two centuries and two ideas.
"Atler the dice have been east and our boats burnt behind us, 1 declare solemnly that the Ttalian nation does not want to drag any neighbouring people into the. wat, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Turkey, "Greece and Egypt may take cognisance of my words. "It will depend on them when ther they will be confirmed,
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