Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-06

the Information that the Vienna Cabi-
net felt disposed to MAKE certain ter
ritorial concessions to Italy as mark
OF friendship. and in the hope they
would be accepted as final and that
italy on her part would SO reciprocal e
the offer as TO make 1t clear that she
would not only think and feel as Aus
trias friend. but also would act as
such when the opportunity arose The
land which Austria was prepared to
cede compromised the Trentine and the
territories up to the River Isonzo.
INSUFFICIENT AS BASIS
FOR CONVERSATIONS
This proposal was declined by the
consulta on the ground that 1t was
insufficient as basis for conversation.
But. as | was careful to state at the
time, Italy presented no countcrpropo-
sitions. She merely listened to her
neiEhbor The difficulties Won Buelow
referred 70 were apparently Italy's
hnal dcman nd, which, according to my
information. were that Baron Sonnino
announced that in no case could Italy
be satisfied with less than
/. The Trcntino, together with the
northern fortrcsscs.
,. The rectitiCntion of the Italian
frontiers towards Cortnata and Dem
pczzo. together with the entire Prov
ince of Gorilla. we'll as the high
plateau Of Germans as far as Gradisca.
Commons is an important railway
center for four different lines; one
runs to Trieste. another to Vienna, a
third 10 the Trentino and the fourth
TO Italy.
Further. Baron Sonnino demanded
certain islands OF strategic value in
the Dalmatian archipelago. He also
asked for political guarantees for all
Austrian subjects OF the Italian tongue
remaining under the sway of the Hans
burgs and Econominc. as we'll as no.
iitical guarantees for those who re-
side in and around Trieste Lastly. he
put forward demand that solid ter
ritor!al compensation he given Rou-
mania and n promise that Serbia ulti
mately would receive port on the
Adriatic.
These demands Austria declared she
saw unable TO grant. but she would
agree 10 give up the Trentino Gorilla
and the exclusive high table land.
Negotiations had reached this point
when Won Buelow called on Foreign
Minister Sonnno last Sunday He in
timated that he was now STAYING i'm
Rome solely in the expectatton Of
orders from Berlin.
Thus things have come to head.
Any moment may bring the decision.
AS have already stated more than
once. by May IL the fateful hour will
probably have struck. An accord with
Austria is no longer possible.
At present all diplomatic resources
are exhausted. Austria's mon nos
sumus" Is decisive. not only for Italy.
out also for Roumania, whose cause
was champ ioned b. Italy. The fatc-
full hour is striking.
PROBABILITY OF ACCORD
NEVER so pRnnAnr y,
ROME. May (via Chiasso, Switzer
land to Paris. May 6).-In Official,
circles. where the true situation is
known, it was stated to day that the
possibility Of an accord between Italy
ana Austria never had been so prob
abie. Thls fact, il was asserted. was
due TO Austria at least realizing that
italy really was determined to go TO
war to obtain territories inhabited by
italians under Austrian rule, Italy's
right to own which was acknowledrcd
by Austria when negotiations for their
return were begun.
Differences between the two conn
tries now concern only the extent Of
the territories to he turned over. tho
form OF. and the time in which tho
cessation is to be made.
Prince Won Buelow, the German am
bassador. is said to have declared that
II he can induce Baron Sonnino. the
Italian Foreign Minister. TO give I'm
claims on Trieste. and accept its con-
stitution into free city. an agree
ment between Austria and italy mirbt
DC reached in relatively short time
IN MS interview with Baron Sonnipo
last saturday. Prince Won Buclow dis
cussed the chances still existing for
the agreement between Italy and Ans
trla' ana the advisability Of Italy lcov
ing nothing undone to attempt to avoid
the consequences Of war The ambas-
sador is said 10 have declared that II
was far from his intention to Interfere
win ltaly's internal affairs or to orit-
iciZe them, but that he could not holm
expressing the opinion that an inpres-
sion would be produced both in Al.
tria and in Germany by an Announce.
ment mat the King and his ministers
would participate in the unvcilinr of
mo iaribaldi monument. which, he
said had becn referred to by the allies
as the time for Italy's official ,dcclara-
tion OF war TO the central empires"
ITALY WELL. PREPARED
TO REALIZE NSPInATIONs
Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch 7
LONDON. May 5.-Thc military cx
pert OF the London Times saws:
"Thc peace strength Of the Italian
army before the war was i4l2l CT
hccrs. 100000 OF other ranks and So
~ horses. The approximate war
strength Is something over ] 900, 900.
namely, $4,000 for standing army, ESQ.,