Evening journal., 1914-12-10

two Italian provinces of Trieste and I
Trent-Italy's "Alsace and Lorraine"
and the permanent occupation of
Vallona on the Adriatic
Reduced to their maximum terms, /
these rights and advantages" mean I
the passing into ltaly's possession OF !
at least enough Of the northern ana T,
eastern coast of the Adriatic to in
sure for all time to come that she
Will be mistress OF that sea.
In the maintaining and holding of
these rights and advantages" Italy
will have the solid support Of the
Triple Entente. That has been Off
cially assured. II was assured even,
before England consented to supply
Italy with coal and other necessities
while the war is in progress
In the event Of the success of the
Triple Entente. II is already an es-
tablished fact that the three powers
Will not allow any portion of the
Adriatic coast to remain in the hands
Of Austria which might eventually,
either through treaty right. the uni
fcation Of Austria and Germany, or
other means. afford Germany a port
on the Adriatic. The only other
countries to whom this can go are
Servia and Italy. and Italy does not
purpose that Servia get all.
Although. as a matter OF fact, this
was the policy of Premier Salandra
from the beginning Of the war. lack
Of harmony in his cabinet made II
impossible for him to work effectively
TO that end First OF all, the late
Marchese de San Giullano, minister
Of foreign affairs. was one OF the
greatest supporters OF Italy's alli-
ance with Germany and Austria He
sincerely and conscientiously be-
lieved that Italy could not turn
against them. Under the strain Of
the fight when he managed to keep
up for two months, he died. Premier
Salandra took over his portfolio for
the time.
Another obstacle in Premier Salan-
dra's first cabinet, was General Gran
d. minister OF war. The chief OF
staff of the army, declaring Italy ut
terly unprepared for war, demanded
| immense sums for immediate prepar-
alton. These Premier Salandra sue
ceeded in getting, but these sums
Minister OF War Grandi de- lined to
spend. Finally he resigned. General
| Zuppelli, fully in sympathy with the
premier's views, was then substitu-
ted.
But still another obstacle deve-
loped in the cabinet The 5000, ,000.-
600 which Premief and War Ministers
of Finances Rubini was willing to
give, but only on condition that Il
was approved In the usual bureau
cratic way by a bill through parlia-
ment Salandra insisted that the
exceptional crisis warranted the ex-
ceptional met sures he insisted upon
Rubini, still objecting, resigned. The
designations OF the entire cabinet
were presented at the same time.
Then King Victor Emanuel. evi-
IDENTIFY also in rympathy with the
views of Premief Salandra. charged
him to form a new cabinet. This
Salandra did. and now for the first
time since the outbreak Of the war.
he is entirely surrounded with col
leagues in sympathy with his views
that Italy cannot afford TO see the
map OF Europe readjusted without
the realization, at least in part, of
her dreams of the past so years.
Salandra now has at his disposal
the 100000, 900 necessary for ltaly's 5
thorough preparation. The press Of
Italy IS also demanding that the mo-
bilization be increased to 100000.
In general, however. IL is not be-
lie, ed this will be done until the
actual moment when II is up to Italy
to take possession of the provinces
she desires-the provinces that have
been openly offered her by Russia
and England-and hold them II
necessary by force.
= Italy at the present time has 5OO,-
600 men under armS. These form
the nucleus of all the units that
would I've engaged in a war calling
! for her full mobilization. They have
already completed every detail Of the
or ,anization so that the final call tc
arms merely means the filling out
numerically of these units already
: on a basis for war. For that reason
= further mobilization at the present
time would only mean additional ex-
pense without any advantage.
In any event, Italy considers her
self ready from now on and she will
be fully prepared. fully organized and
ready TO act wen the psychological
| moment arriycs