Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-27
Address Douglas, Arizona

to negotiations on such political and economic questions of a general nat ure as may arise and, moreover, prom ise their mutual support within the scope of their own interests"
 Article IV In the event that a great power not signatory to this trea- ty should menace the safety of the states of one of the high contracting parties, and that the menaced party should be forced to make war on that party the two others bind themselves to observe toward their ally a benev- olent neutrality. Each one of them in that case reserved to herself the right 10 participate in the war. if she should consider it appropriate to make common cause with her ally"
 On July 20, 1914, eight days before Austria declared war on Serbia, Count Berchtold, then Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, telegraphed to Kaje- .an Mercy von Kapos-Mere, then Aus tro-Hungarian Ambassador at Rome, that the evidence in relation to the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince, Francis Ferdinand. "as well as the constant subversive Serbian agitations carried on for many years past, are likely to compel us to as- sume a serious attitude in Bedgrade. :" He said Italy should be informed that should peaceful means fail, the Vienna cabinet would not thing of inaugural | .ng a war of conquest or of acquiring any Serbian territory
 The Austrian ambassador telegraph- ed tc Count yon Berchtold on July 29 that the Italian position concerning | territorial compensation fully con hrmed his impression that Italy does noe even shrink from attempts at { blackmsn."
 | Austria informed Italy on August 2 that the 'uniustifed Russian mobili- zatiou against us and Germany con stituted ample Justification for apply ing the terms of the Alliance. Italy in reply, pointed out the perils and sacrifices to which war might expose her and added This enormous diff. arence between the perils and sacri fees on the one hand and the advan. tage on the other is, in fact the very reason why Austria-Hungary desired war which she could easily have avoided. whereas We did all in oul power to save Europe from this fear tul mihfortune."
 On August l2 Count von BerchtOld telegraphed that Austria had intended to localize the conflict with Serbia and that Germany had supported hei in that effort adding We had. it is true, received the assurance from Germany that she would stand by oui side if Russia should intervene. Oul action against Serbia. however wa. not aimed at provoking Russia" Relations between Austria and ltaly became steadily more strained. Aus tria at length agreed to accept the
 principle of cession of some of hel own territory to Italy. A serious hitci occurred over ltalys insistence on inn
 mediate cession of such territory. Bar on von Burian's final effort to prevent the impending rupture is recorded ir this telegram to Baron yon Macchio
 dated May 22: "ln order to save oui respective countries from a senselesl
 war ] authorize you to make fna
 ohort with Baron Sonnino and to asl
 whether be would be prepared to sigI inc agreement in conformity with tn,
 entirety of our last proposal if w,
 met Italy still further in the question
 or putting the sessions into effect ] without however concedine imme ldiate military occupation Italy re