The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-05
EXPECT MUCH OF ITALY.
Ba,rroNs COUNT uIER INTERVIEW.
TIoN GREAT AID To ALLIES,
Ming Victor's Army Relied Upon
co Forcc War To Earlier Conclusion
With Defeat OF Tcutons.

mania, Greece and Bulgaria.
John l.. Garvin. editor OF the Pail
Mall Gazette. has given this reply:
Il put the effect OF Italy's interven-
tion high. II fully converts the war
on two fronts into a war on three
fronts. IL cuts of supplies still furth-
ersfrom Germany and Austria. 1t will
engage before long million troops
which the central empires might 9TH
erwise have employed. King Victor s
army is fun OF prowess, ably led, ad-
mirably prepared and well fitted to
create a greater Italy as a splendid
realm with the security of its own
seas.
III Russia only holds its present
lines for n few weeks, Roumania is
now pretty certain to come In and Bull
garia's doubts are still more likely to
be decided I'm the same direction.
Greece would then return to the policy
of her man OF genius-venizeios. For
some weeks Bulgaria has been more
dehmteiy favorable to the Triple En-
tente-it Is now the Quadruple En-
tente. with Italy added. and It will be
wider and mightier yet. None the less.
the war will be more stubborn aud
more desperately terrible"
Sir Hiram s. Maxim said:
IF Roumania, Greece and Bulgar-
In should Join the procession the war
would soon come to an end, but the
nn4 results would be the same. The
action Of Italy insures the final success
of the Allies. without any shadow OF
doubt
Israel zangwiii. author and philan-
thropist. gives the following state.
ment:
"machiavelIi was the greatest Intal-
ian after Dante and Machiavelli would
doubtless have approved Italy turn
Ing her cloak. Had been Italian 4
should have disapproved OF It as
strongly as of the crimes she origin
ally committed against her own gen.
ius by ailyins herself with her histori-
cal enemy. Austria. Bulgaria had
FOUGHT braveiy and was very badly
treated at the, Balkan settlement and
shoihd IKE 70 see her being helped by
the Allies. 1Roumania's idea is nev-
er 70 strike a blow II she can strike
a bargain.
Hut we have lost the right to
choose our allies. as well as the power
and the more states that come I'm
ssaitst Germany. the shorter this
witches sabbath The land OF cul-
ture has behaved so abominabiy that
even the Balkan states have grown
respectable by comparison"
Sir Gilbert Parker statesman. nov
elist Ind historian. replies as follows:
"Italy's entrance into the war must
make an enormous difference to the
field or activity of Germany and Aus
tria-, The Teuton allies must alter
the disposition of their forces. They
will have fewer forces to assign to the
eastern and western lines. They must
throw a very large army against the
fresh aond well-trained forces which
Italy brings against hem. They must
night on three sides OF parallelo-
gram,
We know the Austrian troops to
be badly led. Germany Is now lacking
In officers and she has no reserve OF
officers from which to draw for the
night against Italy.
"Servia and Montenegro are harry
Ing Austria. bleeding her and slowly
wearing her down at vulnerable
points.
Italy has come into the war won
derfully equipped. At sea Italy will
be equally formidable. She has q
large fleet and will be able to release
the British ileot in the Dardanelles
and set II free for us In British homo
waters. Cruisers are needed there.
1T may b safely predicted that
Roumanla and Greece will presently
enter the neld. and In that case the
two Gormanic empires are doomed SO
far as this war IL concerned. Rou-
mania Joining tho Allies would mean
an open road to tho Black Sea for
Russia ana pressure on their east
and southeast fronts which II would
be impossible for Germany and Aus
trla long TO resist. Not too late hns
Italy come In. and there IL yet time
for Roumania and Greece To play a
great part In the supreme crisis or
tho war and even TO help hasten that
supreme crisis"
Hon. Harry lawson. NJ. T.. editor of
tho London Daily Telegraph. says: