Italian Premier
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Genoa. "The spirit of the Washington arms conference must inspire this gathering," Premier Facta said in his opening address. "The cloud that hung over the Pacific already has disappeared as a result of the limitation of arms conference," the Italian statesman declared amid applause. "We at Genoa must now work for the peace of Europe in the same way."