Evening star., 1915-02-21


would adopt Intervention.
dispatch from Rome quotes the
Idea Nazionale. Catholic organ that
favors Intervention. as
Forecast forcasting a note which
.er. Prince Won Buelow. Ger
man ambassador. will
present to the Italian government. 1t
is alleged that the ambassador will
propose that Italy intervene on the side
of Germany. and that in such case Aus
tria will give up Trent. but not Trieste.
Italy to take part at once. Italy may
occupy Tunis and help drive the Eng
lish from Egypt. And the prince is
made to say: Either Italy will be
friendly toward US. or We will treat her
worse than We are treating England"
The language attributed the German
ambassador is so little diplomatic that
We are inclined to doubt the authentic
ity Of tho entire dispatch
On the other hand. a dispatch dated
London, February 16. reports that Ric-
ciotti Garibaidi declared that Italy
would mobilize her army within fort
night, and that unless the Italian gov
eminent decided to participate in the
var tnere would be revolution. A
nounced that the Italian government
acting upon reports that Austria was
spout to invade Roumania. had asked
tne governments at Vienna and Berlin
Tor assurances that no attack on Rou-
| mania was contemplated
l. Tne only plausible explanation Of
Italy hesitations in the present i'm
passe has been given by Signor Pre-
ziosi. the director of the journal Vita
| Italiana alrestero. Signor Preziosi de-
clares that the industrial class of Lom-
oardo -Venitia, which receives consid-
cradle profits from commerce with the
| belligerents. Is hostile to Intervention
| This situation has great Importance
with the government on the side OF
neutrality
But Signor Preziosi lays stress upon
situation which has not occupied the
press of Italy. whatever the color OF its
opinion. 1t is question OF German
control in the finances and Industries
of the peninsula. which Is a revelation.
The public does not know, says Signor
Preziosi. that the financial establish
ment La Banca Commerciale. the most
formidable in italy. was created with
German capital, and today the council
Of its administration is entirely Ger
nanized. The discredit which fell upon
the Consolidated Italian" at the Paris
bourse the morning following the an
nouncement of the triple alliance ia
vored naturally the flow of German
capital la Banca Commerciale and
it's correspondents" writes Signor Pre-
as we'll as navigation companies, both
great and small 1t permits them to
live on condition that they may not
go beyond certain limits. for then II
riches and national securities of Italy
and would risk injury to the CONNER
Gal and industrial expansion of Ger
many. Due to that method, Germany
had captured commercial supremacy in
Italy"
The majority Of Italians" continued
Signor Preziosi, believe that the enor-
| nous number Of affairs
Germans with Germany is useful to
:, rt.1u us. In reality we are VIC
III A1aly. tins of a work of Ger
manization facilitated by German i'm
migrants whom the mother country
liberates from all civil and military
obligations on condition that they CO.
operate with the diffusion of German
commerce. Everywhere in Italy Ger
the councils of administration of banks
and of industries.
1t is charged, likewise, that the
Banca Commercials. obedient to the
| inspiration of it's council. has put itt
hand on special industries. such as the
manufacture OF arms and munitions
and that economical undertakings are
favored by the immigration of great
| numbers of Germans who are inscribed
as residents and who have married In
| Italy. Many students found their way
to German universities and often re-
turned married That inf1ltration in
the formation of a public opinion in
Italy was certain to bear fruit
In support of that situation ar
official publication gave a list of for
| eigners domiciled in the peninsula dur
ing the war; whilst there are but 5000
English and 1000 French, there are
$4,000 Germans in Lombardo- Venitfa
| the Italian statistician Is that a great
part of the Germans who left for
Germany after the declaration of wal
are now returned to Italy to reoccupy
their posts in the factories, in the
! industries and in the banks.
| There are journals at Rome, such
as la Concordia. lat Vittoria. la Vita
and la Malone. alleged to have been
created by the Germans. They are lit
tie read by Italians, but the fictitious
dispatches dated from Bale. Bucharest
| or Amsterdam. sometimes some from
London and Paris. found therein be-
tray their origin.
On the contrary. such grand journals
of the peninsula as the Corriere della
ISera, Tribuna Secolo and the Messag-
gero have a very clear conception OF
Italy's role. Looking at the question
from an Italian point of view entirely
they carry on campaign. some mod
crate, others ardent, in favor of a de-
cision by arms.
| The death at the front of two grand
sons of Garibaldi. the patriot. has been
commemorated at Rome and Genoa by
lpublic ceremonies Signor Giuseppe
ICanepa. deputy from Genoa and di-
rector of the journal II Lavoro. deliver
ed the Grafton to the illustrious VIC
tins. Signor Canepa belongs to the
socialist reformers of the chamber
where he has taken an important place
| by the side of his friend Bissolati, both
| of whom are esteemed by all. even by
those who do not subscribe to all their
| opinions.
The labor class is first in these Carl
baldian manifestations. which take
place every night in Rome. Genoa and
Milan. There was a reunion, for ex-
ample. recently in the buildings of the
Universal Association at Sampierdar-
ena yillefaubourg. situated at the
gates of Genoa. That association. 1t
may be remarked, numbers $500 active
members and was founded in 1850 un-
der the Mazzinian inspiration and is
the dean of the many labor associations
of the region.
| There is nothing better to show the
careful manner employed by the So
cialist chiefs to instruct these societies
in the multiple phases of current ques-
Itions, which were explained with art
and eloquence by the orators of the oc-