In August 1928 Graham wrote to Chamberlain and spoke of a tradeoff between liberty and order in which the second prevailed: "Th ere is the question of liberty, which exercises so many minds. Th ere is no doubt that the restraints are actually or potentially harsh, and are oft en unfair. But there are very many Italians who ask themselves if they were better off , spiritually, in the days when Giolitti held sway, or when Nitti failed to govern, when strike succeeded strike and violence followed violence, when Italy's claims were impatiently regarded by other Powers, and her international position politely, or impolitely, questioned" (FO 371/13679, fol.

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 1723