Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-27
General Declares Feeling
Strong For National
Consolidation


General Garibaldi, in an interview
In London recently, discussed freely
the European situation, especially, OF
course. in so far as II affected Italy.
L am over here as you know Gen.
Gari5aldi said, ito raise a volunteer
force to assist the Allies. have great
hopes of being able to raise a force
Of some 81, 900 men who will be ready
to light for the Garibaldi tradition OF
liberty" Questioned as to whether
Italy would intervene in the struggle,
Gen. Garibaldi replied that she would
undoubtedly do so at the right mo-
Inent. There ~ he said. mot the
slightest doubt that the feeling in the
country is daily growing stronger that
now is the time, at last, for Italy To
achie7e national completeness by Sc
curing possession of those lands from
which she was excluded by the peace
Of Prague. ..-.- -.5=ss
"After ALL" he continued, Italy is
only demanding what is her natural
right. II any one will look at the map
he will see that the natural frontier Is
the Alps. You will notice how the
Alps cut across the Trentino. south
Of which is the wedge which Italy
demands, how they thence travel
south east until they finally come down
to the sea beyond Fiume, thus natiI-
rally leaving to italy the southern
Trentiao and the rest of Italy IRE.
denta round about Trieste and FL.
ume.'
The correspondent then asked the
General what he expected would be
the effect of the war as far as Aus
tria-H Hungary was concerned, to which
he replied that he fully anticipated the
complete breakup Of the dual mon
archy. II do not think" he said,
there is any doubt that all the sub
ject states OF Austria-Hungary, which
for so many years have been strug.
Cling and striving to attain a greater
liberty, will seize on this opportunity
to achieve the purpose for which they
have striyen SO long. Bohemia and
Croatia, as well as Hungary, will
claim Independence As | have said
the Italian lands win undoubtedly go
to Italy. Bosnia and Herzegovina
will 20 to Serbia and Montenegro,
whilst Transatlantic will undoubtedly
be annexed by Rumania. Galieia is
TO be Incorporated in the new Poland,
and all that will be left to Austria
viii be Salzburg, Carinthia, Syria,
Carnioia, the Grand Duchy and the
Tyrol.
Austria,s Share.
she may not eyen,' he continued,
."be left all that, as | do not think
there is any doubt that the Czechs OF
BoheHiia have great ambitions in the
direction OF Vienna. | have often
talked over the question" the General
continued, with prominent revolution.
airy Czschs, for he added, with a
smile, "all reyolutionaries of all ma.
tionalities seem to come sooner or
later 10 my house In. Rome. These
men have often told me Of the steady
progress of the Czech element in vi
emma. how they have been gradually
pushing forward and pushing forward
until at least 60 per cent of the Aus
trisn capital is now Slav, mostly
Czech.
Il have often asked them why, If
that was the case and their position
was so strong, they did hot do some
thing, and the reply has generally
been that they could not do anything
until they were sure OF some power
being able to take over the position of
paramonntcy held by Austria at pres
emit With considerable insight Gen.
Garibaldi added, they recognized the
fact that If all these states were left
to themselves without any strong con.
trolling influence, the. future would
be one long repetition Of minor strug-
giles and disagreernents.
Balkans.
Fro:1 Austria-Hungary the General
passed on to the even more involved
question of the future of the Balkans.
from my knowledge OF these peo-
Pies he said, land Il IS a knowledge
extending over many years, Il have
come definitely to the conclusion that
they are without exception really pam
Slavist in their ideas. They are, how
ever, equally without exception,
strongly opposed to any form of SUI
zerainty by the Gear. have repeat
edly discussed all these questions,
both with revolutionaries before the
wars OF liberation and with Balkan
statesmen afterwards, and the conyic-
ton has always been borne in upon
me that the Balkan states could not
entertain any hope of really peaceful
development for any length OF, time,
unless they were controlled by some
power sufficiently great to secure the
respect of all. In spite of the objec-
tion which these states, as have said,
have to any such controlling influence
being exercised by the Gar, cam
not but feel that that will ultimately
be the solution of the present diff
Guilty. The Balkan states are even
more Slay than Russia, and no other
nation could so successfully secure
their respect as great Slav state
like Russia
Italy.
At this juncture the correspondent
referred to the possibility of Italy as
sumilg such an Office, intimating that
such an idea had been actually adj
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