The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-07

interests If Germany l. ,'mnrrk nr
ranged in lSSI II neutrality treaty with
Russia. whrh was can e.cd. however
few years later by his successor
Carrivi
ltsiy Versus France,
Italy entered the triple HI.iHn'p II
lSS2 soon after thr Frrn' h invasion,
Of Tuni> had ro,l- ed the italian people
to IA poml o! wr"th and bitterness
which t.: the ulu@sent pllltp e%tin"uiSh
I'd H,i urn.irnt g.1I,l -e> toward Au>trl:
and even Temporarily quIelrd the ngl
tatiou foI the redemption of tn
rrcn'n.u AMI IrrSt
THIS itu..Iu Iii pllr>> coward Frame"
,;l;lch umu l>M III lis hrrrrSt IN"
mmts il provoked II tur.tt war which
o5t ltHl, rauj millions The military
,XIcmdiulr, u,.' pSsHry to keep ltall
Al, 10 hes rMgHgpmVutS with her allie.
ost sill more As tor lumln II re
n}jUpd F'rrn h. and in 1899 and l9O.
France ana ltaN recognized France il
Vunls nHd Morocco rs we'll France
j,s"rrd t. IA ultimate Italian protpr
.or,1r IN rumli
NiIh ia, - trpntir> the Italian euthu
$inSm i6r lAr AuStrut;crman alliance
.o0!vd >IS.bil rlIe Italian desire It
urludr III the kiu2tlUm tie Italian
I'd i,SrG Finally the Austrian annex
Ition " Bosnia and iIerHpgovin;
nruu"ht ltHiy face IT, face with the
pu~SibIiIy If u future Austrian rNpan
sion aIuM@ the Ad:iatic in Albania and
he m"rr;l>lI@ Strrng Ii of the Austrian
!rpt raised questions concerning the
nAstprl Of the Adriat!c which pro
foundry stirred the whole nation
rtaIy's Army DIVIDED,
With the Tripulltan expedition thu
laSt sentimental connection with Der
III nd Vienna vanished, if any still.
survived. From Berlin came a denun
,iution of Italian aggression which
fairly aStOunded the Italians. While
Paris journals viewed with calmness
and even with Il certain measure of
sympathy Italian expansion, which
French agreements had legalized, Ger
man newspapers denounced Italy as a
worthless and perfdious ally and gave
ready currency to reports of the brutal
ity of Italian troops
To all these sources of Italian bit
terneSS there is now added the serious
change in conditions the Tripolitan an
npXHtiun has brought HenCefOrth fUI
many years large Italian army will
have to be kept in Tripoli. But in the
event Of war between the triple ALI
dncr and the triple entente British ana
French fleets would command the com
muniration with the Italian peninsula
while Egyptian and Algerian armies
would be able to invade TripOi itself
By her African expedition Italy has in
measure given hostages to the sea
powers
Weakened as an Ally,
As for the German aspect Of the
raSe. the Italian course toward TW
key weakened Italy manifeStly rs an
ally Sinrp il diminished her European
army and Increased her vulnemhilitA
10 Anglo French attack. But, what
was oven more serious, it shattered
he bonds between Germany and
Turkey hprauSe. although Germany
mad assumed the position OF Il protec
tor of Turkey and in return counted
upon the Turkish army as re-eh
forcement to the armies of the triple
alliance, she was obliged to stant
aside and permit her ally to attach
! and diSmember her friend.
AS for Austria, for nearly a uoZel
years the statesmen Of the dual mon
urchy have perceived the change II
the direction of Italian ambition
Trieste, the Trentino, the Bosnian an
nexation, the future of Albania-all o
these are points where Italian am
Austrian designs conficted, and 10
several years Austria has been build
ing forts from the Tyrol to the gul
of Cattaro and preparing for a con
fict with Italy.