Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-20
WAR MEASURE IN ITALY;
GOVERNMENT To ACT At ONCE
Parliament by Vote Of 365 to
as This Afternoon Passes
iII-Troops Walt on From
tier for Signal to Move.
Special By United Press Wire.
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Special by United Press wfrs.
| special By United Press Wire
Rome, May 20.-Parliament BY
vote OF 365 TO 54, this afternoon pass
ed bill giving the government
full power to act. The news was in-
mediately given to the big crowd
awaiting the deputies decision and
massed about the chamber The
message went rushing on to the ItaI-
| ian frontier. Everywhere the peo-
! pie greeted the action as forerun-
ner of war. The government meas
4 ure was introduced shortly after par
/ lament went into session. With
scarcely any debate it was hurried to
| a vote. Many socialist deputies
| voted against It.
| Italy troops were ready to
strike. Her troops were mass
&c along the Austrian frontier.
Great cheering crowds surrounded
the chamber of deputies building
where the government Is to make Its
declaration today. Unless the debate
| Is drawn out parliament before mid
night will pass bill eutrusting the
nations fate to the Saiandra cabinet
These are the developments Of the
tdol tWCifC u0ufS. FOpE bGHt9ACE
has passed the weight of his innu-
ence on the side of mis- native couE-
TRY, the Italian foreign Office has Is
sued summary Of the green book
| explaining Itely's position TO the
world. The summary confirms Ihe
report that Italy May 4 denounced
her treaty with Austria. thus paving
the way for war. The summary de-
clared the concessions Austria was
willing to make were entirely made
quate. General Coderna, chief coun-
sci of the general staff. arrived at
Vincesza near the Austrian frontier
and Immediately assumed active
charge of the Italian forces.
Pro-war newspapers announced
that a canvass of the deputies
showed an overwhelming majority In
favor OF war. Nearly 800 OF the
I56p VIII enlist The only opposition
TO the governments war program
viii come from the socialists
/ EoaloMing an official snnounes
menr made va ~ - i = Ia ~ 1ii111I
isumed control CT the Itaai4p ~ n
ways. The gnyernn1 emf III tie Il ~ u,
time gave strict orders To taS ~ u
papers to publish no reports oI troop
- ~~Ns NiA 60 4 fAt 0AlAI3sil 5G1llAlaf@ QA
the green book today declared that
Austria at the beginning OF the ne-
gotiations was extremely reticent
and would not even accept sug-
gestions of Italy that she discuss ter
ritorial concessions.
Austria first demanded that In re-
turn for concessions she proposed to
make italy guarantee political and
ppnn0rpsfl M fra,
in the Balkans and in Albania These
conditions were at once rejected, said
the official summary.
The Pope's approval of war
prayer" distributed among the Ital-
ian troops was regarded as of inn
mense significance In all quarters
it was pointed out that the king. the
rontiff and the people stand united
on the eve of war Millions OF CO.
pies of the war prayer have been
printed and were distributed among
the troops. The general tenor OF the
prayer, 1t is understood, is a plea for
victory for civilization over barbar-
ism and for the blessings of future
peace.
With steam up, special trains were
waiting today ready to convey Prince
Won Buelow, the German ambassador
and Won Macchio. the special ambasv
sador to Austria, out of Italy. Tt
was reported here that the trains
would be held up at the Italian from
tier until the arrival of Italian ann
bassadors to Vienna and Berlin. This
precaution is said to have been taken
because of reports received OF the i'll
treatment of French and Russian am
bassadors in Germany last August.
Italy will charge Austria with re-
sponsibility for starting the worlds
most terrible war In a public docl,-
nent, explaining why she found it
necessary to enter the conflict on the <
side of the allies An official sum-
mary of the Italian green book was
made public today Just before parlia-
ment convened to approve the gov-
ernment's war program. 1t charges
that Austria broke faith with Italy
when she sent the ultimatum to Ser
via that tumbled Europe into war
Austria's action disturbed the
whole Balkan status to the detri-
ment of Italy and her invasion OF
Seryia violated the triple alliance
agreement between Germany, Aus
tria and Italy. The full text of the
green book VIII say:
This infringement of the triple al
lance agreement convinced Italy
that she had the right to resume full
liberty OF action" said the summary
"She acted on this belief and May
5 announced the triple alliance trea~
ty as void"
Hint at Peace.
Special b. Usited Press Wlrs.
Paris. May 2D.-Tbe newspapers
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