The admirable letter to the Times from Lord Grey of
Fallodon, which we summarized last week, has caused a strange outburst of indignation in Italy. The Secolo, .which is now, of course, a Fascist newspaper, makes some remarks which may be taken as typical. It says—no doubt with sincerity, and that is the sad part of it—that Lord Grey was not writing out of conviction when he condemned Italian methods in the recent Janina crisis, but was trying to cover up the failures of the British Government, whose influence and prestige were lower iri Europe than they had ever been before. We have always been friends and admirers of Italy and hope to remain so, and we therefore trust we shall not be regarded as merely. speaking to a brief when we assure those Italians who are taking part in the anti-British outcry that Lord Grey did write with convietion and that he had no purpose whatever to serve except an overwhelming desire to see Europe ruled by justice and the sanctity of treaties observed.
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