Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-27
THE SWORD os ITALY.

crucial time than that Of Italy has been. At a moment when the two groups of combatants have seemed be grapplng in futile deadlock with the pros pect of continuing indefinitely their great dis aster and the misfortune of the whole world Italy may turn the scale of war, and hasten the end.
 At any rate her participation bound to have great anect and to be felt immediately She brings to the aid If the Allies an army prepared than any other hat has yet been engaged with the exception of the German army that invaded Belgium and France The Italians are good material to begin with Their fame suffered somewhat from their disaster in Abyssnia twenty years ago. from their early reverses Trip 'li but temperament may partially failures lust as temperament tends to Italys advantage. The same Italians who could not understand why they fighting Abyssinians Arabs or negroes and had
 te enthusiasm for such combat are filled with fiery enthusiasm for their present enterprise More than that hey have had the best of training Italy has been get ing ready for for ten months. She has observed and doubtless profted by all the lessons hst have cost the Germans Austrians. Russians, French and British much to learn. She has mastered the new trench warfare methods the of scouting aeropanes and iirect gunhre the adoption Of the ,ort purposes she the tremendous part that ar
 ery plays the need of quantities of ammunition he has made ready in these and other respects while nobnizng of nearly 100000 men and train ng them to a fighting edge It would be incredible fl uch army thus prepared and enthusiastic sup. ,orted by a united nation should not strike effective lows and wage with clever strategy the gov rnment has shown in its diplomatic negotiations.
 few days will reveal what that strategy s It might expected that the Italians will strike directly fer 5eir ultimate obecthe redemption of the Italian part
 Austrian territory But the Austrian frontier ? defended by forts and armies. IL would be a huge osk break through the trenches and guns that guar rentino and Trieste, though the seizure stria and he Dslmatisn islands would be easier. Italy however nay ignore this tempting bait for the present France as largely ignored and postponed the redemption of lsace and Lorraine. There are other quarters in -hoh the Italian be of more immediate use.
 may suffice threaten the Austrian frontier in order keep large force Of Austrans and Germans inactive here thus relieving somewhat the pressure Of the Ger anic allies on the Russian center around PrzemysI nd then deal the real blows elsewhere
 The obvious place for the Italians to strike, if hey cooperate fully with the Allies, is at the )ardaneIes. The small British.French expeditionory orce has founght hard and lost heavily IL certainly eeds roinforcemcnts and can i'll spare them from rance Italy by landing 100000 or 100000 men on the alipon peninsula could greatly hasten the opening of straits the capture Of Constantnopje the reduction the Turks to impotence the opening of Russia for the dmission of the guns and ammunition she SO soroly eeds, and the consequent s6enng of Russian resist against the enemy.
 Another possibility is the sending of an army 10 at- lck the Austrian on their flank, in cooperation with he seryians and Montenegrans Such expedition ould naturally be attractive to Italy because of her akan interests and her eager desire strengthen her oral hold on the Balkan states. It would also be the costly method for an Austrian invasion.
 third possibility is the dispatching of big force 10 rance, aid the Allies the front 1 seems rIkey, however that Italy will take such step at lis time though she may do so eventually if France sks for help.
 It a new Italy that is thus entering the war of tho iatons. Hers more than any other is literally ca copies war" The people have driven King and Cab the fatal step The Italy that found unity in s7o under Victor .mmanua IT, seeks more complete nifty now under Victor Emmanuel IT, The new Italy
 to gather under her wings all her children and be
 sefrespectiug worldpower co-equal in dignity with he other powers. The Adriatc. instead of being an Austria lake" as it is practically now because there only real hnrbor Itay's eastern coast is to ecome an Italian lake" And the thousandyearold rudge against Austria ingraned in the Italian spirit by ppresson and by the mutual incompatbnity Of the Ger lanic and Latin races. avenged At least these the dreams of Italy Their accomplishment win re uire of blood but Italy seems to have counted he cost.
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