The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-17
Austrian Hostility 80 Italy.

AUSTRIAN tfb>thi'N w IfalN.
n ia" recent plcnarv meeting OF m"
AUSTRIAN Delegation upon wha, j. hnown
a. IA" >"ltI proposition. which aimed To
pledge the Austro- Hungarian Govern
ment to enter into n"got latlous with the
Italian Government with a view 10 the
reciprocal limitation of ornaments. the
proposition was defeated by "a TO g
After tins decisive vote the members.
apparently n trifia alarmed at its sig
uitiCance. instructed their secretary 10
express on their part the conviction
/ that the A,Istro- Hungarian Government
would enter INTO negotiations az any
time regarding such disarmament and
would w"lCom" with true sympathy
pourpGr!rrs tending TO "A diminutlon o!
burdens 30 heavy as naval rivalry
would involve. and would do all in its
bower 10 max" negotiations successful.
The formula adopted bv the Delcgat ion
commits Austria 10 nothing and places
ON Italy tn" responsibility of making the
first advances.
Any OH" who has watChed the attitude
of Italy toward AUSTRIA for the last wear
or TWO will realize how utterly unlikely II
], that any such negotiations will origi-
nat" with her Government Far from
that. TN" strengthening of Italian fort
r''>Scs on IN" Austrian frontier and the
tortiicatton OF Italian ports, especially
on tn" \driati.. against naval attack are
matters of keencSt interest IN Italv both
III and ont of Parliament The Austrian
dee laratlOn was only framed - make
thin easier for III. Minister'S IN the
hlet~ u' the linked 'uonarchIes and as
"A concession 10 pIbilc opinion. Since
m" ~ua-H"rIcgnvlna enterprise Aus
'r'H-iIuucnr finances have been
strained, and programme of Dread
n0uFhr nuldIng is calculated to drain
IA" country. Any step, however slight,
toward relief from such a prospect is
| kelly ~ cordially welcomed
There can be little doubt. however,
that tn" reject ion of the Setz PROPOSE
ton represents IN" real feeling Of Aus
trIars toward Italy TODAY. II IL n
feeling of bitter hostility. and som" re-
cent Incidents show that il Is capable Of
running to any extreme IL is uttered
dalyln the press. and even official per-
~onages do not hesitate to express il
on public occasions. For instance. on
November last AT clerical gat herring
IN the Vienna city hall DR.. PoRZrR. Vice
of III. city, delivered a
violent speech in condemnation of the !
attack mad" upon the Pop" in Scptem-
IT,. by Mavor NATHAN of Rome so far !
40 good bur his attack eliminated IN the |
do Iarnrton that TN" rrestahlishment Of
IN" states of rh" Church was an aspira-
ton that Austria Hungary was called
upon to realize. II the object OF III"
,y"akcr had been not only TO stir M
hatred between IN" TWO Peoples. but
oven to "mbroll IN" Governments. he
ouli not have chosen better method.
Yet mo- r"huk" seems 10 have been adj
'nni-'rr"i 10 pr PORZER.
In connection with a dispute over
tolls upon the River Elhc.
which - navigahl" for light drnught
steamers tor some distance into Aus
'~lan territory the Vienna pap"rS hay"
been defining in the last week ar two
heir conception If their obligations 10
GERMANY on account Of the kaiS"r's
i",J-lg" support Of FRANCIS JnsEru'>
government N th" Balkan adventure of
wo YEAR, ago fmuhaiicallv r"j., ting
h." idea thai II could call for TN. aban-
comment of such n commercial privilege
~ m" 'r"" navigation Of m" river 10 tn"
,"i. whirh h'L- been endowed nv Austria
.lu'r' $50 uuI.r - special tr"at-. the
,II,"r- -trIl insist that IN any Interim
iuunl situation that may ari," Austria
Hi.l show her Era'itId" With all her +
,nw"r. moral and material -h" will
,a'k M ~" POSITION II Germany against
nv and al Powers That l. ~" kind
81 """,wp"n~" - which IN" ! bound
Iri~ - what ~" world "Nr",'s. hu'
seems ddtiv NOR" and NOR" prohabl"
NI' "h"u th- ISsrIc comes only Ger q
MANY and Au~tria-H ungarv viii b.
against tram" and her allies II has ,
ung boon calculated hat n most ltalv 3
would roman neutral Evidently II
will not TAX" many more s;r..rch.s- liz. /
hat 81 Dr. l0R2tE. nor manv NOR. o
.ors If all but confessed belliRrrcnr
rt"rtion. like that Of the Delegation 6
~ IN. N"ltz proposition. to drive her =
ntO III" opposite camp. She NAV find n
far NOR" conducive 10 her own IA fetv b
- fight an open enemy than To keep
IT, pr"t"n"rs of amity with an unrr,Isr- +
Drrly friend I