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and destruction: on the other conspira.
lions. bombs and dagSers.
The Crown Princes Murder.

The murder Of the hereditary Prince
/ Ferdinand broke the delay. Austria
found herself obliged to take action.
for complex reasons. contributes to ag-
gravate the situation and perhaps to de-
termine the way out. Austria had to
renounce to impoverish other people Gas
she had already renowned after her
defeat in Lombardy in 1850 or she must
risk all for all in the same way she had
!, to risk 1t in 1859. But to conquer in
reign Of Lombardy and to subjugate
Piedmont and to stretch her hands to
Genoa. From Genoa she threatened
Marseille. To conquer in 1911 sig rh,a;s
and arriving at saloniki in order to
dominate the east. Austria preferred
this second way out. She risked all for
all.
In the treaty Of the triple alliance the
case was foreseen. The treaty. which
had suspended the not completely de
cided Italo-Austrian question on this
side Of the Adriatic. opened another
for the other side of the Adriatic. Italy
was ready unfortunately. to renounce
the treaty. to resolve her question OF
Trente. Trieste and lara. But she could
not. in any case, consent that the BAL
the equilibrium would be COMPROMISED
So the pact was signed in the seventh
article. "noli me Tangere. IL cou.o
not be otherwise. We had already mace
irredental territory in order to guard the
italian unity. This Is the truth.
The Menace to Italy.
The day in which Austria would have
been able to become overpowering she
would certainly have turned her arms
against Venice, Verona and Brescia.
Austria had expressed this wish sew
eral times She had declared II
through the mouth Of Gen. Conrad. and
she had declared already the same
wish during our war OF Ltbia, Wnen
she sent her navy to prevent the Duke
of Abruzzi from continuing his work
in Prevesa Her fault was her lnde-
cision. She was undecided If it was
better to move war against the nations
who once had been her vassals, or
against the people whom she was on
a new Piedmont. She wanted to de-
clare war first on Italy. but the events
made her change her direction toward
Serbia. But II behind Serbia there was
nlex system Of alliance, France and
England. on the other side there was
Italy!
italy, in virtue OF the treaty or the
triple alliance was in war with Aus
tria from the day in which Austria.
tearing the treaty, had bombarded Bel,
grade. Italy protested. and II war ala
not break out then 1t was only for the
sake of peace. italy entered the triple
alliance to keep her independence and
for the sake of peace. For thirty years
Italy had suffered the part. not OF an
equal, but Of an inferior. She saw Aus.
tria annex Bosnia, Herzegovina. and
Germany the French Kongo: In order
to take Tripoli Italy was obliged to
make transactions by contract with
France and England, who were not
her allies. Every day had brought her
4 new humiliation. and every night
had hidden treachery from her.
The Final Cause.
Italy, with her national spirit still in
formation and with her territory in
turmoil like her heart. had borne for
thirty years this alliance and, as we
have already said. borne also the last
ofsense, the war of tho Balkans. She
bore 1t, but asked a compensation. 1t
was foreseen. II Austria, had had a
clear view Of things she would have
yielded to Italy. and Italy once for all