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-9 - 45 Swiss v. Wartburg recently founded this view impressively - , most Italian scientists, e.g. Battisti, assign these languages as dialects to the mischievous Italian dialect regions and deny any autonomy of the Romansh, Ladin or Friulian. In practice, however, the resistance of the Ligka Romenscha, which in Graubünden conquers the Rato-Romanic new ground, is to be found. Kan will not be able to say that the scientific or pseudo-scientific writing that I am working on is +/ without political weight. Those who closely followed the Swiss press before the outbreak of this war know that there is a considerable popular and cultural political activity behind these theories. If, for example, the long-time high-committer in Bolzano, A. Podesta, in a new book "Alto Adige", claims that the South Tyroleans are German speaking ladins and that means: Italians, that is not a theory, but the conception of South Tyrol politics, which is supposed to lead to a complete bilingualism. In Sehweiz the will is no less clear. From the only fragmentary newspapers a few hints from the last years: In Chur there was at the end of 1942 a "society of friends of Italian speaking the Sehweiz", at the beginning of March this year the association "Pro Grigioni Italiano", which is dedicated to the Italian folk work in Graubünden, decided to expand its organizational network. Italian cultural institutes exist in numerous cities in Switzerland, Italian schools and Italian-Brundnerische clubs have advanced to Lausanne and Basel. It should be remembered that a nusic conservatorium was set up in Liechtenstein by Italians. In the Italian struggle for Switzerland, let us conclude by not forgetting that the new Federal President is Dr. Celio Ticino-Italian. He studied in Lailand and Flo-renz, did his doctorate with a thesis on D'Annunzio and, as a result, had a very good press in Italy after the election. However, as a representative of the conservative-Catholic party, he is aware of the viewpoint of the Sehweizer self-rurality, in view of the catholicization of fascism, which will still be mentioned, it may be assumed that he is a general outside and cultural +/ except the mentioned writings: Carlo Battisti, Popoli e Lingue nell Alto Adige, Florence l93l; Carlo Barili, Lo spinoso proble- ma dei Grigioni, "Imperium" l935 Nr.1l; Aldo Lodica, Razza italiana in Svizzera, "Lá Difesa della Razza" 20.l1.1942; Vittore Pivani, La lingua degli antiuchi Reti, "Archivio per l'Altó Adige",l9s5; this., I Heti e la loro lingua, "Atesia Augusta" July l939.- 7 - - l'Alto Adige"l5;