The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30
Beautiful Green Valleys of the Tyro]
Familiar to Countless Amer
lean Travellers

beautiful walks and drives. Sch,nIco
though 1t is finely situated. and /,
dominated by three splendid old c,s.
ties, is less interesting. spolato owes ifs
fame chiefly to the fact that D.ocletian
chose to build there a great palace IN
which to spend his last years. Mos
of the town has lived in 1t ever s,,o,
The gem Of the Dalmatian shore "A
Ragusa toward which Serbia turns
longing eyes for her window on N.
sea. Ragusa has "A brave and sulcndA
history and a situation that for sheer
beauty is surpassed by but few cite,
in the world Through all the trouhl.A
times of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries Ragusa proudly ma n'air.d
her independence as a republic. M,
until 1905 did she succuinb TO changed
political conditions. She has belonged
TO Austria since 1914.
But as with Venice the position tina,
was her strength in ancient wars a
now her weakness. Every one who
has ever visited the fine old town
who has strolled along its shaded
enu with their glimpses OF the
sea, who has lounRed on the flower
hung terraces OF the only really good
| hotel on the eastern Adriatic coast
who has felt the charm OF It's atmos.
phere and tho spell OF its beauty, Ia
filled with apprehension at the thought
Of the ruin that may be wrough,
there by an hours bo~mbardmcnt from
the sea.
Whether italy will use her foot.
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purposes or whether she will hold Z,
as a card TO be used when tho fnal
settlement is made up cannot Ia
known. Certainly she has not rared
to make the most OF the opportunities
that Austrian p~reoccupation gave her.
on the ground OF cleaning Up the
seaport Of Avlona and making Il SAM.
tary for the first time In It's history.
she has sent a orp of naval doctors
across the Adriatic and has estab-
lished a well equipped hospital has.
in the little Albanian town. What fur
Their preparations she has made there
are not known. nor how she vii,
utilize II in her undoubted intention
OF sending her battleships north pas
Cattaro and striking at Dalmatia he.
low Pola.
But Italy has a serious problem for
her navy in the protection OF Venic.
and she we'll knows that any blow o.
hers struck at the towns OF Dalmatls
might be met in twelve hours hy a
dash of the Austrian ships from Po,a
and the Smelling OF Venice. Venice is
very hard to defend, and Italy We
knew when she entered the war tina.
one of the first costs to her might b
the destruction Of the city In the sea
Italians love Venice. Not even
Rome itself is more dear to them. ana
:he older 1t is, the more 1t shows signs
Of its age and Of its decay. the more
they love II. The Nenetians loved
their old Campanile as much in !,s
tumblinC down as they did IN i's
standing up. They never tire II tel.
ing of that memorable afternoon In
the spring OF 1902 when. in their phase
the tired old Campaniie sat down
hut in such careful fashion, so well dti
it love the Ncnctians. hat not or,
of the s;rolling, chattcring crowd tina
filled the piazza was injured by is
collapse.
But there is a difference between a
slttlhS GOWN OF < n Wearines~
and the destruction wrought by a.
enemy. Venice is awaiting the future
with characteristic lively curiosity.
without seeming to realize the pos.
s!hle fate that menaces her. Ita,v
can do l!ttle 10 protect her, and II The
Austrians make their expected dash
II long range guns drop shells in tle
Piazza San Marco and wreck the ,ewe,
like church that dominates Il. the.
and only then will Venice and -,
whole world OF travellers who know
II and love 1t realize how heavy !s N.
price that Italy IS willing 10 pay for
her future greatness.