The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-07
WAR ECHOES

A'oS tt d0i dlltHllOH lo 4dtl lbdl is | frequently overlooked. He points out that the United States has in the men who have come here from other countries trained army of 100000 that could be quickly mustered into service if neces- sary. Now we recall the compulsory training in their native lands When the present war broke out 50,000 trained men are said to have reported to the Austro- Hungarian consulate in Pittsburg alone. and then reflect on the number through out the country of all races. Would they fight for this country? The records show that they would. Practically all races have been represented in our wars. Some have even come here from other coun- tries to help us Some have enmities against certain nations that would cause them to welcome an opportunity to deal them a blow. Many from a particular country might hesitate to battle against their native land, but as there is no like lihood of all the other nations attacking us at once, we would still have a great army of these men free of such senti- ment to fight any assailant.
 Add this to your stock of comfort.
 Pittsburg Sum- The departure from London of Sir Edward Grey, Great Brit aims minister of foreign affairs, is off cially announced in the British capital, and the statement is made that ''he will be away month owing to his physical condition due to overwork." That on it's face seems preposterous, for no matter how i'll the minister may be he would not leave Downing street at perhaps~the most critical time in the modern history of his nation. Another report says that he is in Paris. where he was called to confer with the foreign ministers of gravest importance. This explanation seems probable.
 Taken in connection with the report that emanated from Petrograd that Aus tria had made the preliminary moves toward suing for an independent peace with the allies, this conference becomes decidedly important The action of Earl Grey is another indication that something of more than ordinary moment is on the tapis. The boom in prices of American securities on the London market must
 
 tivities, beyond the ken of the average individual, is going on. Thursday the prices of some of the American securities sold higher than they did on the New York market, which is significant of something unusual
 Whether this means that some plan is on to break the relations between Ger many and Austria or Germany and Tur- key, does not appear, but certainly defi- nite knowledge of some momentous ac- ton seems to have gained currency The people who abroad deal in railroad and other American securities are not specu- lators pure and simple. but people look ing for investments. The departure of Earl Grey only helps to emphasize the belief that there is something in the air in addition to shrapnel, armed aeroplanes and cannon shot.
 The departure of the minister of foreign affairs postpones any possible answer to the American note of protest for at least a month. That note was handed to the British government Friday by Ambassa- dor Page.
 Pittsburg Sun: To assume and man- tain a position of strict neutrality when the countrys own jngo desires for war, when the nation itself realizes that the time is propitious to regain what it once lost and has always dreamed of recovering, and when the nations with which it has been on friendly terms and between whom there is a bond of tenn peramentai sympathy need assistance, lis possibly one of the most difficult tasks that has ever confronted a nation. Italy is keeping neutral at tremendous cost in self-restraint. In the end, the indica- tions now are, regardless of all the out ward manifestations and reports that emanate from Italy through London, she will win what she wants, the Trentino triangle, which will restore lost territory and emphasize her absolute control of the Adriato
 When this war broke out scarcely any one familiar with the history of Austria's relations with Italy could conceive the latter nation sending> her troops to the front to support any Austrian offensive. The triple alliance never contemplated that, otherwise Italy would never have been a party to it, although at the time her rage against France was great. While the greatest hatred is manifested throughout Northern and Central Italy for the Austrian, it is more against the Hapsburgs than against the Austrians as individuals Temperamentally, however, the people of the two nations have noth- ing at all in common, and fraternizing even in the trenches seems impossible What Italy wants and has wanted as much as France has wanted Strassburg is the Trentino district in the Tyrol and down to the sea, including the city of Trieste and the Istrian peninsula. Now it is said that Austria has finally agreed, at the urgent request of Empe- TOT William himself, who made a trip to Vienna for the express purpose of talking to his aged confrere, to cede the territory in question to Italy and that Austria in exchange will receive from Germany parts of Bavaria and Silesia Thus viii Italy be kept out of the war, living up to her exact rights and obliga- tions under the triple alliance Neutral ity now is of vital Importance to Ger many an1 Austria, and any concession within reason, no matter how humiliat- ing it may appear at the first flush. is justified in the opinion of military ex- perts.
 Fall River Daily Globe: Germany has apparently lost its head and is runnil amuck in the matter of it's submaril warfare. The destruction of three Bri. ish trawlers this week was an act