The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-06-08
GERMANY HASN0T
SERVED NOTICE
OF WAR ON ITALY
No Declaration. <os Hostilities Has
Been Officially " by Kaiser
Precedent Est.> ]ezhed.
EXTRAORDINARY CHIEF i. ~
Diplomatic Intercourse With Turkey
Has Not Even Been Broken--Ber
Remains the Master Hand.
BY ]. w. II. MASON.

New York. June 8.-The return
to Rome of Counsellor Hindenberg
Prince Won Beulow's collaboration il
the Italian negotiations, suggests
that after authorizing semi-officia
announcement in Berlin of a state
of war between Italy and German,
the German government has not a!
yet officially sent a declaration of hos
tilities to Italy. Between the an
nouncement Of the fact of wal
through the newspapers and the &C.
tual dispatch of the formal notice tc
Rome it seems as if the German gov
eminent changed it's mind and de-
cided for the present at least to re-
main technically at peace with Italy
This confused result of second
thought it coupled with the appar-
emily supplementary fact that Italy
and Turkey are formally at peace,
too.
ltaly's Official Enemy.
Austro-Hungary seems to be Italy's
only official enemy. Diplomatic re-
lations between Germany. and Italy
have been severed, but this is not an
act Of war in itself. Incidentally,
however, a precedent is thus estab-
lished for recalling an ambassador in
protest against foreign country's
actions without a state of war neces-
sarily following.
Whether even diplomatic inter-
course between Italy and Turkey has
been broken is not accurately known
The Italian ambassador to Turkey is
said to be still at Rome. The Turks
undoubtedly are acting under Ger
man. advice and an effort which is be-
ing made at Constantinople to create
an impression of it's Indifference to-
ward Italy must be due to German in
4uences. Many indications point, IL
fact, to deliberate hesitation ON the
part of Germany against entering -in-
to war with Italy.
= Reasons for Delay.
There are. several reasons for this
delay Most important of all is the
possible effect on the Dardanelles~ OPP
erations. If Turkey can manage to
remain at peace with Italy, Italian
troops will not be able to assist the
Allies in the Constantinople cam
paign. If, at the same time, Ger
many continues to maintain amicable
relations with Italy, Italian troops
cannot be sent into France and Bel
gihnl, either to reinforce the Allies
or to relieve the British and French
troops that might be dispatched to
the Dardanelles.
Furnishing Austria.
Furthermore, by refusing to move
troops against Italy, Germany would
in measure be furnishing Austria
for not having made concessions at
Rome early enough in the war to
have secured Italian neutrality. The
German government cannot be averse
to allowing Austria to. fight the Ital-
ians unaided. The adoption of such
policy would not lead to a rupture
between Germany and Austria. lis
military significance at most would
mean the acceptance by Germany of
full responsibility for the entire
campaign in Russia, leaving Aus
tria free to deal with Italy as she
likes. The Austrian government
cannot be contented with this plan,
because the Galician and Hungarian
operations have demonstrated that
Austrian troops, fighting alone, are
much weaker than when they coop
crate with the Germans But Ger
many's is the master hand, and if
Berlin decides, the Hapsburgers must
accept this form Of punishment for
not following Prince Won Beulow's
early advice in the Italian negotia-
tions.