Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
ITALY. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.

The declarations Of the ministers OF
Italy and Austro- Hungary and the Ger
man chancellor. plus the
Spirit Of reported proffer by the
-.,, Austro Hungarian min
eooo "AA' lister Of twenty million
dollars to Turkey as compensation ioF
the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
appear most OPPORTUNITY in this season
OF good will toward men,
To such substantial Christmas gifts
there may be added the announcement
just made of an accord between Italy ana
Russia of which NJ. Tittonf has said: ne
future will reveal its great Importance.
This manifestation of peace has not
been achieved without the menace or a
storm and the political barometer IS not
yet pointing to ''invariable.
The storm center few days ago ION
the Sd instanD was in Rome, In the TIA
ian chamber where NJ. Forts, ex-presl'
dent of the council Of ministers IN
speech which was received with enthu-
siasm said: 1.-The only power in Europe
whose continued ornaments are a menace
to Italy. strangely enough. is Austria. the
ally of italy," And NJ. Forts added. with
| emotion: Either that situation vii! cease
and we will be friends. or 1t will con-
tinue and each Of us will take back our
liberty Of action
The speech of NJ. Forts provoked an
ovation. NJ. Giolitti. the actual presi-
dent of the council. left his place to EN-.
brace the speaker. while the minister or
the marine kissed him.
In the meantime the italian Manifesto
lions against Austria increased IN vio-
lence. At Rome a mass OF bourgeois,
students and commercial clerks. with q
slight admixture OF workmen, carried
banners on which were inscribed "Trente'
and Trieste" The gates Of Tiber were
closed and barred against the mob. and
the two Austrian embassies to the quiri-
nal and to the Vatican were guarded by
soldiers during an entire day. These
scenes were repeated at Milan. Florence,
Padua. Palermo. At Trieste there was
noisy demonstration in the name OF
the Italian university. The manifest
4 600 or more at night attacked German
school.
The Slav students at Vienna. following
the example of their italian colleagues
also manifested. demand
Viennese ing the creation OF a Slav
p university at Laibach.
The Messagero of Rome,
commenting in humorous way on the
reported "compensations'' of Austria to
| Italy. says:
Austria having taken Bosnia and Here
govina, accords a law faculty to Italian
students; when she shall have taken Al
bania she will accord a faculty of let
tiers; after the seizure Of Salonlca she
will concede the faculty of medicine. and
the day she takes Constantinople she VIII
permit the creation of a faculty of sci
| ences; thus little by little Italian stu
dents in Austria will obtain complete
university and Italy will have her COM
pensations.'
The Temps of Paris. referring to the
speech by NJ Tittoni. SAYS: 1.-The uncon'
scious or uniformed reader will find II
difficult to recognize as the same chamber
the one that acclaimed NJ. Forts on the
Sd instant and the one that approved M
Tittoni. the minister OF foreign anairs
on the following day."
On the I'd NJ. Forts spoke of the neces
sity of deploying toward new interna'
tional combination. On the 4th NJ
Forts spoke of the necessity of main
tanning the triple alliance! Truly the
spectacle is amusing. and while it reminds
us Of the cruel reasons of state. there
comes involuntarily to mind the familiar
lines Of an operetta: "Cela neVaut pa:
la peine de changer !e gouvernement, :
| there is no reason really to change the
government.
NJ. Tittoni had made speech at Carate
| in which he mentioned his interview with
Baron Aehrenthal. the
Excessive Austro- Hungarian minis
e,,,.-;+,,,, ter of foreign affairs. M
Tittoni avowed that he
had committed the sin of an "excess OF
sincerity" In this country this might be
interpreted as 'overshooting the mark. "
No one in Italy. not even the members oil
the Italian chamber, understood his
subtle interpretations Of articles % ant
% of the treaty of Berlin which Italians
had interpreted as concessions or com
pensations' to Italy, In view of any ul-
terror territorial aggrandizement Of Aus
tria In the Balkans.
Nj. Tittonis speech was full Of flowers
He proclaimed Italy's friendship for al
the Balkan states, including Turkey.
NJ. Barzilai had affirmed in the chamber
that article of the triple alliance assured
10 Italy compensation in case of a modi-
ficatiOn OF the statu quo in the Orient
and that an ambassador of Austro-Hun-
gary had promised the Trentin TO Italy
in case of the annexation of Bosnia
Herzegovina. NJ. Tittoni declared tina,
there had never been such a promise. As
to the triple alliance treaty, it did guar
antee the interests of Italy in Macedonia
and Albania.
The Giornale d'Italia demands the resig.
nation of NJ. Tittoni, and says: The
government has obtained the approval OF
| its foreign policy In general, but the
chamber by it's vote has condemned the
action developed in the question of BOs
nia-Herzegovina.'
The Temps takes Baron d Aehrenthal tt
| task for his responsibility for the present
situation. In the matter of the Orient
NJ. d'Aehrenthal has shown a lack Of
largeness of view and promptness. Hav
ing taken over Bosnia Herzegovina. which
AustrO- Hungary has occupied since thirty
years for fact the first thought OF
Baron d Aehrenthal should have been t
| offer financial considerations to Turkey
| This would have prevented the boycott.
In the italian affair the baron has not
been adroit. 1t was manifest that i'm this
oriental crisis Austria
| D'Aehrenthal would want the. goot
rr.. will Of Italy, and in any
Maladroit. event she should no,
have provoked her hostility Why should
she have permitted the question of the
faculty of law to arise at Vienna. question
| which has aroused in a moment Italian
Austrophobia? The creation at Vienna OF
the university demanded by the latins OF
Austria, was it after all a great sacrifice
In the matter Of the Bohemias 1t would
be unjust to charge that trouble to Baron
d. Aehrenthal. The CZechs have founc
an occasion to manifest one more CT
their traditional ideas. They manifested
with violence by blows and pistol shots