Italy. From this
picture it must be instantly clear to every officer that his duty here
is ... a truly lofty mission of civilization.... Especially the officer
who is in charge of administrative work must awaken impressions that
are naturally caused by the sense of justice for all; his severity must
be good and his goodness must be severe, and from every act there must
transpire the dignity which comes from the might and right of Italy, the
kindness and generosity which come from the virtue of the race.... There
is already an impression on the part of the Croats that the Italians are
good, that Italy is strong. There must also be born and reinforced the
other conviction that we are not oppressors but liberators.... The best
propaganda, the most efficacious, because spontaneous and unexpected, is
done by the officer and his men. The Italian officer ... with the
harmony of manners which distinguishes him, obtains very easily the
sympathies of this population, a sympathy, however, which for an
optimist may become dangerous. Young officers must not forget that the
propagators of the great Yugoslavia still exercise with their
megalomania a potent influence over the primitive population and that a
gesture of theirs, a word, an attitude, may even yet indirectly favour
the Croat cause and make difficulties for us in exhibiting our mission
of civilization."

HIS MISGUIDED SUBORDINATES AT [vS]IBENIK

It is strange that this order should have been so scurvily treated in
the town of [vS]ibenik, where it was issued and where the Admiral
resided until the beginning of June, after which he transferred the seat
of government to Zadar. At [vS]ibenik, by the way, the population
comprises 13,000 Yugoslavs and 400 Italianists. On February 20, 1919,
there arrived from Zadar, in consequence of an invitation from Admiral
Millo, the Italian professor Domiaku[vs]i['c] who, according to the
sixth clause of the Armistice, was justified in assuming the functions
of school-controller, but was not authorized to become the inspector or
in any way to interfere in didactic matters. Two inspectors existed in
Dalmatia, one for the elementary and one for the secondary school, but
the chief school authority of the province and the two inspectors under
him were not informed of Professor Domiaku[vs]i['c]'s nomination. If the
Governor intended him to abide by the stipulations of the Armistice, he
must have been astonished at the schools being shut on the