The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11
Di,Intcrr.tcd German Advice.

Disinterestcd German Advice.
On the occasion 81 the visit II the Mar.
I quls Of SAN GlulINNO. Italian Minister
81 Foreign Affairs, to Berlin certain
German newspapers have undertaken "a
advise tho Italians ~ to the proper field
for their rational ambition. In sum
this advice consists in the suggestion
that Italy put aside all aspirations. all
regrets for territories now Austrian bu'
peopled by Italians or formerly por-
lions IT the Venetian Republic. These
territories are Of course the Trentlno.
lstria and Dalmaria.
II the Italians heed the German warn
ing they will face about and fix their al %
tention upon the Swiss canton Of Tcino
and upon French SAVOY aud the city
~ Nice and the Island ~ Corsica Not
actually mentioned but doubtless i'm
( piled IL the further suggestion that the
Italians Law aside all dreams VI extension
+ of territory across the Adriatic. notably
IN Albania. A q substitute Tunls and
perhaps even Algeria would satisfy Ger
man interests and German Imagination.
Such a change IN Italian aspiration
would instantly remove all present
tension between AUSTRIA and Italy.
The revival OF the passionate hatred
Of the AuSlrlaHs prevailing in the -,
Of the last century incident tp the
celebration Of anniversaries " Magenta
and Solierino, the daily friction between
Italians and Germans IN Treat and
Trieste. the resentment m Italy az the
sudden venture ~ Austria into Dread
nOught building. all these details have
naturally disturbed the controlling MEM
Der Of the Triplce, a. they have won
applause in Paris and London
The invitation 10 the Italians ~ de-
spoil switzerland and dismembrr France
Is truly Pussian 10 rs tone and charac-
ter The Italian clam "a TiD.uo l- based
alone on race and language. historically
TlCinO has been Loyalty and happily
Swiss for four hundred YEAR Hut il
race j. 10 give Italy Ticino. what is H.
he said 81 the case oi Savoy. whore 'ha
population j. entirely French Indeed
the French tongue prevails IN The Fal-
ian side Of the Alp- Iu the valleys about
Aosta. A. for Nee. II II once brIunged
20 the House of Savoy % was no less
IA ...DaaUftt.fg .l.f.ags,......s 90. ~. a..
French Republic. and 81 it, - ~ vo,er-
~ GO declared for union with Frame
in 1870 As for thu loyalty % France ~
Corsica Italian n IT, people are in race.
We fancy only a PrI~-ian could giles
ton g.
The claim u Italy upon Austrian ter
rtorv rests upon far sOunder basis n
Is not merely true that the people II
the TrentlnO and Trieste are Italian by
race and language. IL Is llso unmi-tak-
able that their chief ambition is 10 be
Italian hy nation Nor can any one
who looks NJ the map and secs the long
peninsula into Italian territory the
Austrian Treniino makes fail fp rrcug-
1izc the controlling military reasons
hat have moved the Italians 10 seek ru
acquire the Trentlno. while Trench DOS
session Of Savoy and Nice brvond the ,
barrier II the AlpS has only a remote
Continental appeal az most
II j. not merely nor primarily the Ital- d
an subjects u Austria Whose condition
" territories rouse Italian longing A. I
most they number less than a million. q
wen the possession If Dalmatia. the -,
lncient land of Venice, is more impor- D.
ant for naval and military reasons o.
j. inslIrlng tho control ~ the Adriatic !,
han ~ q considerable extension II ter h
tory II is IN Albania that Italy hopes a
n extend her rule and materially in ii
rease her territory Here the future n
{ Italy and Austria clash, ~ their past 7
nav be said to quarrel a, Trieste and +,
n the southern TyrOl. b
An italian invasion ~ Switzerland. a u
ountry whose territory has been pro-
laimed neutral bv the great Powers
'ould establish precedent vastly lise-
u for Germany II would provide a
.aTrant for future German expansion in
itself, since two-thinls ~ %
= people are German by race. and IL d.
Ould offer equal justification for the .
bsorptIOn IT Belgium. also neutral VI
'rritOry, and IAKemburg and even IN
olland u would be % furt her applica. =,
On ~ the Pulssian principle first as m
'rted in Sllesia and subsequently in
GLAND Scheswlg and Alsaoe-Lorrnine. =. "
Fortunately the Ecrlin advice will "
gaken no Italian response. ANY one 10
.miliar with the progress 81 Italian sen y,
ment in the last ten years will recog- In
~ ~ futilily Hardly less resentfuliy
IAN their fathers and grandfaihers Z.
garJled the Austrian domination in the gu
alley # the Po he Italians of to-day pie
ok upon the Austrian fOOth0ld in the
allan speaking valleys n the Tyrul and
the Italian city ~ Trieste. Eastward
ID not westward the Italian spirit n wv
npire il directed, and across its Path ~,
iy are German and Austrian not French p''
Irriers.