The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
TEUTON CHANCELLOR DENOUNCES ITALY. FOR ENTERING WAR
Won Bethmann-Hollweg in Speech Before Reichstag Says Italy Broke Her
 Loyalty and Faith

Berlin May 2S.-Cyia London, 9:O5 D. m.1 pr. von Bethmann-H -Hollweg, the German imperial chancellor, in speech in the Reichstag today, touched on ltaly's en- trance into the war.
 Italy said the chancellor, has now inscribed in the book of the worlds his- tory, in letters of blood which will never fail, her violation of faith. Nooody threatened Italy-neither Austria-Hun- gary nor Germany. Whether the triple entente was content with hlandishmenes alone. history will show later.
 srwithout a drop of blood flowing or the life of a single Italian being endangered, Italy could have secured the long list oi concessions which I recently read to the house-territory in Tyrol and on the Izonso as far as Italian speech is heard satisfaction of her national aspirations In Triest, free hand in Albania ana the valuable port of Avlona.
 eve left Rome in no doubt that an Italian attack on the Austro-Hungarlan troops would also strike German troops. The Italian manifesto of war, which con ceals an uneasy conscience behind Velea phrases does not give us any expiaha- ton of which offers were refused They were too shy, perhaps, to say openly Wha. was spread abroad as the pretext that the Austrian offer came too late and could not be trusted.
 Guaranteed Concessions
 .'Italian statesmen have no rlght 10 measure the truthworthiness of other na- tions in the same proportion as they measured their own loyalty to treaty. Germany, by her word, guaranteed that the concessions would be carried out. There was no occasion for distrust
 ..whv too late? On May Trentind was the same territory it was In Feb ruary, and the whole series of concessions had added to Trentino. It perhaps WAS too late for the reason that, while the triple alliance the existence or WHICH the King and government had acknoW'- edged after the outbreak of the war, was stil1 alive the Italian statesmen had long hefore engaged themselves so deeply With tho trinle entente that they could not disentangle themselves. The statesmen of Rome played against their own peo. ple the same game that they have played against us
 .sIt is true that the Italian speaking territory on the northern frontier always has been the dream and desire Of every Italian. but a great majority of the ltai- ian people al well as majority III Tar lament did not want to know ahythihA of war But common sense had no say The mob alone ruled under kindly dis nosed toleration and with the assistance of the leading statesmen of the caplhet fed with the gold of the triple entente.
 Revolution Threatened
 .aThis mob under the guidance Of un scrtpulous war instigators, was reused U a frenzy Of blood which threatened tn King fwith revolution and all moderate merf with murder if they did not join Il tfe war delirium. The Italian people wer Intentionally kept in the dark with regar to the course of the Austrian negotiation and the extent of the Austrian conces sions and when the Salandra cabinet re signed no one could be found with cour age to form a new one
 'sIu the frenzy of war, honest politicians grew dumb. but when as the result O military events such as we hope for ant desire. the Italian people become sobel again, they will recognize how frivolou it was that they were instigated to tak' part in this world war.
 we did everything possible to avoio the alienation of Italy from the triple alliance The ungrateful role fell to Il; of recurring from our loyal ally, Austria the purchase of the loyalty of the thirt party to the alliance by the cession o old-inherited territory. That Austria Hungary went to the utmost limit l; known Prince Won Buelow tried bA every means to come to an understanding with Italy, Although his work has beer ir vain the entire people are grateful tt him.
 .'This storm we shall endure. From