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TIE TREATIES or 1915.


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Italy, and the relations OF Austria france
& England to that country frequent reference
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'ne questions III ISSUE between -AuS'r'a anu
tne l''I'ahS' Is an arrangements ~ why"
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UNITS hSed Tor her IN lol9' "nen AFTER une
overthrow Vi NalV''on 'ne "l'I'S Parccii', =,
out Europe; ana ny WnIcn the i''''ai'S S S,'l
DC Iuit'cu ny i''",s'r"''Nc rcIor,hs II, ~
Vral i,aE' III l''','t'lo''s i''''''c III '''t
l'hen' ny 'ne hrIt'.h h'nl,try'lt was rePt"'eu, =
y Salu tha' austria sf'y" 10 the pos'' 81 Il "i
inc LonlpaTuo- en't'ah urritorY' was u''oe-
h'a"le' anu must ne "I-h'iu ny every gown,
ment' mat no question coula ne ch'ort''h ne
OF interference WIN existing terrltoriai uiS'
poslt'ons IN italN' nor OF disturbing we u ,
tieS Oh $50 lhAt Is 10 say 'h' ''-'''"
government pants ltSe!l upon inc "'o'".,"-
ahGe Oh purely art'nciti system u 't'i,V'
rial oistri orIEihal'S recommends" y
motives Oh eApculehcY 'r's'uS out VI 'nr "a
traor,'iiafY events "h'cn 'oi'o"eu '"e iv'i'
revolution, ana now become p'rpe'u''
sourse OF danger ior southern Europe,
very strong case ought TO De maze GUY +,
II sich II state OF things is to be sustained, /"
considerations OF race, languagc'and popular
sentiment are to he overlooked, II the rise
and spread OF a strictly national feeling dur
lnn the last ten wears Is To he tl~reTlfibti.
and "a people. longing for independence, ana
llocrty to follow thrir natural aihnlticS' are
TO nc kept bound IN the IRON letters OF IL Tor
eign despotism, which makes no rrctencc OF
reliance upon aught save the hdy"net. Inc
nation winch claims rights paramount to ali
these obvious and natural considerations,
ought to he able to show most ri-ld per-
Torrance OF the duties prescribed Tor tiersell;
ana II tn" ~ 1ties upon which her claims
rest are to '' maintained as lnVoiablc, and
suosIstin@ compacts, 1t should be shown that
| III otnrr respects thcy are sun regarded us
authoritative ana sacred.
1T is seldom, however, that either Austria
or thc other allirs nave cared 70 enforce the
stlpulations OF these treaties, IN the cases
where theV nave run counter 10 tne poiicy OF
the moment Inc most remarkable, ana we
may say the central feature ct the whole .ys-
ten OF lSlo, was the provision. whereby Ma
pol'on and his family were excluded, under
the guaranty ot the ionr powers. from the
t!r1he "l Franco; mt that article docs not
hinder Bpnaphrtc from beng recognized as
Emperor by all ol the allies. the treaty OF
lsl5 united Belgium and the Netherlands
under the king of the latter; but that did
not prevent the construction of the indpend-
ent kingdom of Belgium, by the five great
powers in spite of the protest OF the king OF
me Nrtherlhnds' nor dld ENGLAND hesitate to
lyn France in compelling him to vacate the
b.lshn territory, The "ermanlc confeder-
atom a. established 10y the Congress at
vienna, was IN lN52 essentially changed
at the instance nt Austria. to repress the
spirit OF revolution; and although the move
in'nt was viewed with extreme uneasIness'
England asserting Il riGht OF interference
refused to exercise It. iHe freedom, lnde-
pendenec and neutrality OF Cmcow, solemnIy
guaranteed by Austria IN lHl1' long since
vanished before her arms. Ana IN Italy,
she has never heSltited to treat the dnchie'
adjacent 70 Lom'@rdy as her own, to occupy
them with her troops to lortily herself ~
places beyond the limits assigned her IN the
treaties, to occupy the Roman States year
alter year, and to extend her influence by
treaty 50 tar as to bring the king OF the Two
>icllleS under solemn Obligation, to grant