Salandra
ANTONIO, an Italian statesman, born in Troia, in 1853. For several years during his earlier life he was a professor of law on the faculty of the University of Rome. He began his political career by being elected to the National Chamber of Deputies from his native city. He was closely associated with Baron Sonnino, who was the bitter opponent of Giolitti. When the World ANTONIO SALANDRA War broke out, in 1914, Salandra was Premier, and he, more than any other individual, was responsible for the fact that Italy refused to join the Germanic alliance against the Entente, holding that the treaty which bound Italy to Austria- Hungary was purely for defensive purposes. In May, 1915, on the issue of whether the country was remain neu- SALEM lantic, on the W. coast of Cape Colony,