The Washington times., 1915-06-14
WHAT ITALIANS PLAN TO DO.

WHAT ITALIAN,
These are the confident declarations
of an American public man now In
Washington. who has Just returned
from tour In France, Italy, and Eng
land. He was most recently in Italy,
and speaks with profound confidence
OF what the Italians are planning to do
In their arena of the world war.
II saw force of 10000 Italian soldiers
put on board transports at a port on
the east coast Of italy" he said.
They were not the first detachment
Of the kind. either. They were being
ferried across the Ad.iatic to a port in
the north OF Albania, where a great
force Is to be gathered which will
march across, Albania and into the
south Of Serbia. to Join the Serbian vet
Grams in an attack on Austria from the
Serbian front This story has only been
intimated in the advices from Italy,
which have been occupied with dissent
mating the impression that the opera
tions against Trent and Trieste were
the great italian campaign.
do you recollect recently reading
that a Serbian force was making an ir-
'uptioh dhCApCSlco IOTCo lutO Alpd-
MIA, despite that Albania is south Of
Serbia and Austria Is north Of It? That
dispatch might have suggested either
that the Serbians were crazy. or that
they had decided to fight Albania and
annex II. The fact is that the Albanian
movement was by way Of cooperating
| with the Italians: opening road
through Albania 80 that the Italian
force would be able to make quick ad-
| vance through Albania, and break out
| on the Serbo-Austrian frontier in rec
| ord time.
International Politics.
| "The outside world knows almost
nothing Of the big international politics
that the chancelleries are playipg In
connection with the war. This war is
going to last two years longer. and
maybe twice two years. 1t Is still In
what / may call preliminary stages
when diplomacy Is playing its game OF
getting alliances perfected. The Eal'
| kan states were at one stage iined w
| TO come in with the allies. HohenIollerT
influence balked the game. They VIII
| be in yet"
The speaker interjected at this poin,
| some confidential explanation of his
precise sources Of information-and M
has access to excellent ones that cen,
sors. nowadays. are not quoting-ane
"The outside world has not understood
the inwardness of the early naval cam
paign against the Dardanelles. winston
Churchill was determined upon It, ane
urged that political reasons made i
necessary. The entire admiralty op
posed, but he had his way because M
was right about the political reasons
Venizeios. the Greek premier. had prom
issd the allies that Greece ,Msir would nsHs sen.
movement against the Dardanelles viii
a great land expedition. Everything
was supposed to be arranged. anu j
was magnificent opportunity. fol
Greece's army of veterans from the tw.
Ral(xan wars Is not to be overmatched
man for man, in all the world. Ih'
fleet plus the army would have made
short work Of the Hellespont fortiflca
tions. and Constantinoplo would have
fallen before this time.
! Constantine Reached.
But the Germans reached King Con
stantine of Greece, a German prime
with a German wife. He was induced
to set his foot down against the Veni
zeios arrangement. and that was tn
reason why Venizelcs resigned. Tn
Greek nation was firmly In favor OF IN
alliance, and there has been great dis
| aneCttOn wlIn Ine IdlluTc " Saiis w
the project, the substance or Whlch
very we'll understood in Greece!
Greece in the war and providing tn
troops for the attack on Constantinoplt
the arrangement was that Roumanl
would come in and make new attac
on Austria from the southeast. Rou
mania has an army that today Is no
second to any. because Roumania, hk
Italy, has had year in which to per
feet every detail of preparation; sh
/ hag xtata C0mntate
supply of arms and munitions as an
country can boast. But here again Gel
man intrigue and German royal inter
marriage served to delay conclusion:
will do SO In time. because the people
Roumania and of Greece are all on on
side, and they will have their way 9
last. just rs did the people OF Italy.
st is true that half or more of tn
British army has not been sent to tn
continent and in England there Is muc
criticism of this delay. But the bes
Information can get is that the militar
authorities of the fighting countrie
know and approve the reasons tor tni
ly, an army a few days from any battl
line In the west Of Europe on which
may be found necessary to make a. ne'
effort. The British army can be place
where II is needed, and 1t will PRESENT.
turn up in an unexpected quarter.
can only guess what that quarter ina
be. The belief now is that Englan
may Join italy in the invasion of Aus
tria from the south; or, II the ovei
whelming sentiment of the Dutch peopl
shall at length prevail. the Britis
troops may be thrown into Holland, joi
the Dutch army, and outfiank German
from that direction. This Is the ides
campaign, but 1t needs the consent c
Holland.
French Doing Best.
"The French are doing the finest 10
for the allies in the war. The Russian
are doing their best; but they are feai
fully handicapped. The British, asid
from the navy. have done the poorest G
all: and the reason Is that they ar