24 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 2

In face of the invaders, all parties in Italy except

the Socialists have united on a policy of war to the end, in concert with the Allies. Signor Giolitti reappeared last week in the Chamber, where he had not spoken since Italy entered the war, and declared that the Allies must find Italy " resolute, united, and worthy of her history." It is clear that, as Signor Orlando saith, the-enemy's political offen- sive haa failed. Italy's military reverse has stiffened rather than weakened her determinationftocontinue the war. lithe enemy hoped to intensify Italian party diffetences by his invasion of Venetia, he was completely mistaken: