The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-27
Declares Alexander Konta in Telling of Italys Interest in
Present European Crisis and the Prospect of
Her Course in the Near Future

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of Now Bazaar Russophobia was then
the keynote OF English diplomacy, as
Germanophobia became at q later date.
1t was the period Of the Russians At
the Gate of Herat" and other sensa-
tional warnings; an iniensiflcstion Of
the policy that caused the Crimean
war Beaconsfield calculated that. with
an Austro- Hungarian wedge driven be-
tween Servla and Montenegro. the Rus
sian advance in the Balkans would be
seriously checked. II was. but only for
while. Italy. which played a small
role at the Berlin Congress, consented
to this Bosnian arrangement, with its
implied sequel of annexation. She re-
ceived at the same time the assurance
that her eventual rights in Tripolitania
were fully understood. II. then. we
must look for remote responsibilities
| for the world war, part of the burden
which some would now shift from Ger
many to Austria Hungary should he
allotted to Beaconsfield. II was he who
planned the situation In the Balkans
which, in It's developments Unforeseen
| by him, led to the murderous propa-
| ganda OF the pan-Servian societies In
| secret league with the Serylan Govern
ment and encouraged and financed by
| Russia.
II was in Albania most OF all. how
ever, that Italy found her profit in
| the Triple Alliance. That country Is
one of the bats now he'd out 20 her
| by the Triple Entente. the other being
| the Trentino. which. according TO still
| other press reports. Is also the COM
pensation promised her by Austria
Hungary for her continued neutrality.
We shall see.
The resemblance between the case OF
Italy and that of Germany m the mat
| ter OF colonies has already been re-
| ferred TO. Italy, like Germany, saw
hundreds OF thousands Of her sons emil
crate, not only 70 North and South
America, but also 20 the northern lit
| toral OF Africa, where they and the
| fruit OF their laho.s and their children
and children's children became lost To
her under the French Nag. Italy. Ike
Germany. needed colonies Hence the
disastrous adventure in Erithrea and
merely recently, the seizure OF Tr!po-
iitanla, the only remaining territory In
North Africa open 10 Italian settle
ment and development.
Tn statement that Italy has been
| throughout the dupcd partner o, the
| Triple Alliance Is "A Ease one. She has
received her share OF It's benefits unit!
the moment when. uHcer a doubtful
| preteXt. she withdrlws Her action was
| probably statesmanlike enlightened
self-interest. but the road which lies
now before her seems TO be beset with
uncertainties perplex!ties and the dan
ger Of a mistake fatal N its permanent
| results.
| There are in Italy and. for the mat
Ter OF that, IN most other countries as
well TWO kinds of patriotism. The one.
which ! may call historic patriotism.
looks back to the past. its rul ng pas
sion is 10 get even for that past.
The other patriotism. the more en,iCht-
ened and more beneficial kind, subordi-
mates that past however deeply II may
rankle. TO the fatherland's highest in
I terests in the present and the future.
| l need only point. for an illustration,
| to the American historic patriotism
which secs red" whenever Il remem-
! hers Englands course toward this
| country in the past and compare ii
with that other American patriot sm
which just now, after a century OF often
iouch sgtated peace, works for even
better relations between the two ma
| lions hereafter
These two pltriotlsms have FLASHED
| necessarily in Italy ever since the
Triple Alliance was concluded. The
bond with Austria has been declared
line and again to be an unnatural. a