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ROME. Jan. l.-italy's future lies In
the Adriitic. ltaly's hereditary enemy If
Austria. Proponents OF active participa
zion by Italy in the European war urge
that Austria has always Opposed Italian
interests .n the Adrlatc that Italian in
nueuce over this sea has always been
eNerted aguusi Austria and That Italy
can realize her Just aspirations" aud re-
gain possession Of her lost provinces
only AT Austrid's expense. The only logi-
cal and obvious conclusion they declarr.
is that Italy must Inevitably join the enc
mics OF Austria aud Germany and plunge
into the great war.
Had Italy wished to ind n preteXt for
war on the Dual Monarchy II would have
orvm comparatively easy 20. htT 80 jus
tiry her Intervention. II was neither ex-
pedicnt nor opportune FOR Italy to Hban-
don neutrality during the past nvs
months Italy was ready to enter the war
only about fortnight ago. Her army
and navy are fully prepared now and un-
limited power has been granted To- the
Government 10y Parliament In view "
these circumstances it Is asserted that
curing the pas I'VE months OF neutrality
when Italy made only &sltght protest
against Austrian floating mines which
cost the lives OF several Italian fishermen
and pdralyZod the Adriat.C CoastinE trade,
apparently overlooked Germtny's efforts
to provoke a revolt iu Lydia and uu-
needed the appeals OF thousands OF Italians
under the Austrian flag, who asked to he
restored to citizenship, the Italian Govern
ment was secretly and carefully preparing
automatically for Intervention.
Diplomatic preparation Is indispensable"
Tor every war and more - whcn the war
IL to be waGed against ones nominal
allies. The Triple Alliance could not be
torn into shrods Ike a scrap Of paper
\ motive, not a preteNt, had TO be found.
strangely enough ltsly's preliminary dip
lomatic work was simplih,d by Austria
herself and the choice Of "A motive was
,aslly found in Albania. The problem Of
Albania which was supposed to have been
settled 10y the Conference OF. London In
1913, when the Albanian Kingdom was
created, increased IN difficulty with the
opening shot Of the great war The con
nicting rivalries between Austria ana
Italy in Albania continued under the short
nominal reign Of the Prince OF Wied.
propped 10y Austria on the Albanian
throne.
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Future Plans of Italy.

II is a mistake Ia think that Italy con-
templates extending her occupation In Al
bania beyond NallnnI. Had the Govern
ment intended 10 undertake task of
secondary Importance whl,. great war
would have been chosen instead Of Al
bania. Italy merely wants a foothold in
Albania and does not aim at territorial
expansion in this direction.
In 1907 Baron ChlumechN an intimate
friend Of the late Archduke Francis Fer
dinand Of Austria, writing I'm ghe Oester-
reichiSchc RundSChGH. warned Italy not
to have either national, territorial or eco
monte aspirations In the Adratc, as its
eastern shores were entirely and eXclu-
sively Austrian. the possession of Salonica
being question Of lie and death for
Austria
Austria cannot. in the opinion or
diplomats here, allow Italy To hold Az
Iona, which commands the Adriatic. Aus
tra's only sea, and hence after the war
Is over Austria will insist that Italy give
II up. Had Austria not had a war on
hand IL IL regarded as certain that she
would have considered ltaly's occupation
OF Nallona as a Casus belli She now
merely formu,ates reservations 90 settle
accounts with Italy later. II is not possi-
bic to imagine that Italy would have
future had she MOI been certain that the
question of Albania will he sottlod long
before tho war Is over tho settlement
being tho partition Of the country by
Italy and the Balkan States.
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vENGEFUL SPIES DOOM MAYOR
Germans Driven From French VII
Inge Return IN Triumph,

PARIS. Dec. 2O.-M Seylcr Mayor ~
VeXaincourt, a village In the Department
OF the Nosges, was shot when the tr
mans entered the town as the result H..
cordug 20 stories from the village, OF q
grudge held against him ny two German
spies
Some months ago NJ Seyler noticed w.
travelling dentists operating in tine F..
lage square. They were inviting the VIE
layers to walk up and have their ie"''
removed without pain. Tho strA0r
were glib takers, declaring that the wo.s
neuralgia could he cured hv their Vo.s
and at q cost next to nothing sine" ''e'
gave bottle 81 elixir for this a.'T@0'
free To each patient.
The two men became regular Ne'''
TO the market, aud often were 4"
met on the roads about the N.1e" ''N-
ing notes and drawing plans.
The Mayor gave orders t1st p
strangers he watched and when NA ~
satisfied that they We're spies ord"g~.
their arrest. The prisoners were fonn'
to he German officers They were h'aHV
sent back 10 Germany,
with the arrival ~ the Gc"m'r' '
NeXaincuurt came tho two officers re.
went straight to the MAYORS nous" ="
called thoms Ives % his mono ''l
after chatting him about the change -
their relative positions Ma him s""'
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We made sorry sight. formed on a
square, each squad forming a side.
Everybody was muddy. for the mud can
not be got off Buttons were missing.
leggings and shoe laces gone The
Captain read of our names and each
answered as he was called.
We were told later that We mus, pre-
pare To leave for the trenches again at
/ \. NJ, which we did. 20 that Of the last
twenty -five days we have had three days
of the firing line whereas we should
have AS many off AS on. However ne
leave again tomorrow morning at A. NJ.
ODccembcr 20 for Culry-les-Chau dardes
for six days and so shall be off the firing
line for Christmas.
We reached the trenches at A. NJ
and as 1t was "A new place we searched
around In the darkness looking the dug
outs over for a good place tn sleep II
seems some one lii a piece OF paper in one
Of the dugouts, left by the previous occu-
pants. To see where he was, and the dry
branches and straw started a blaze over
head. was close 10y and drew off my
coat and smOthered IL. but at the expense
OF my coat
In the late evening Of the same day a
trench WAS started ablaZe and this was
Job for tremen. We all turned to and
worked like beavers, but to little effect
In the glare Of the blaze bullets began
to whistle. Luckily there. was a stream
close by and as the food pots had not
been returned to the kitchen we drew
water In them,
Thaw, who slept with Casey, an Eng
lishman, and myself In the next trench
cit was really the same trench but there
had been a Cavein for about Ave feet
soaked my blanket in the stream and used
il to beat out the blaze So I lost my
blanket after running my coat. and could
not help suggesting ~ Thaw that no might
have used his own blanket or Caseys
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cart Comes IN Handy.

And that's how the things sent me by
the lady came In handy that night
by the way, | might explain that no
matter how much Is sent to us, we cannot
receive too much. First because things
are not sure to arrive. and secondly
should We not need the clothing sent to
MS we can always hand It over TO sol
diers who do,
think we shall he well looked after
this winter Pond, the millionaire who is
At Pau, has sent for the measure Of each
NJ MS. hut we do not know FOR what
purpose.
wish YOU would send me a phos-
phorosccnt watch IT'S hard on fellow
when no tx on sentinel duty at night In
the rain and the corporal OF the guard
furrcts him. was caught that way the
other night for six hours. However, ! did
not mind, MS the display given by the Ger
man "star lights" was beautiful, II was
very cloudy and the stars thrown up q
heard they have balloon attachmentsl
drftcd between the two lines lighting M
the scenery FOR twenty, thirty or even forty
seconds. Tho clouds made the offect ~ q
erarchlight being swung across the sky
Thc> do ont AS suddenly as they appear
leaving a blood rcd emher which CLOVIS
for I few seconds and then goes out
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PRINCETON. II. e.. Jan. p col Rob
ert Stevenson veteran mining man. is to
lead an expedition to the far north In
search OF a lost mine which was worked
IN the Carbon placer days by two men.
Rose and johnson, both Of whom were
killed i'm a quarrel about their discovery
Colonel Stevenson was acquainted with
the men and has information which leads
him to believe he can rediscover the
ground, which is on tributary. OF Artler
Creek
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manila, Jan q, til" cijy of Manila j.
now reported by the Bureau OF Health TO
he free from cholera.
The Bureau OF Health has devoted a
great deal Of its efforts in combating the
d sease to tracing and isolatng cholera
carriers. that Is, persons who while not
sick with the disease yet carry In their
bodies the germs Of the disease with the
capacity 10 communicate m" disease To-
others II Is believed that this course has
been responsible for the comparativelv
light form ~ the disease and the rapidity
with which the disease has been driven
from the city and reduced az TO the mum
Der OF cases u the provinces.
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Tw-nty--Isht wear. for Task

Very well have calculated m the
| basis which you yourself ACCEPT II will
take twenty-esht years and four months
to get to Berlin at our present rate Of
progress II the progress is uninterrupted
and II the Germans do not accomplish a
single counter attack but merely yield
before us"
But we have been going so slowly
since December II, Why not take our
rate Of progress since the battle Of the
Msrns? That would be better basis"
u have done that too Working on tho
same basis OF pure horizontal distance.
leaving irregularities in the surface such
as the Rhine, out OF consideration. not
allowing for forts or any counter attacks.
ana Following always the shortest theo-
retical route. We shall he at Berlin I'm
eight years and six months II we keep up
the rate of progress registered by our
armies since the battle 81 the Marne"
But tell me, Monsieur lie Professor, -
protested the aCademician, who had lust
written an editorial for a popular news
paper in which he had spoken OF the
steady, Irresistible advance of the Allies
toward speedy. final triumph at what
rate. pray. shall We have 10 advance
to arrive at Berlin within, let us saw.
reasonable length of time. a year, for
example,
81 am very bad at figures" replied the
professor and ! haven't a pencil about
me, But I should estimate roughly that
II we desire 10 arrive at Berlin in time
TO arrange the declaration OF peace by
January .. 1916, the rate OF advance
which the German armies maintained IN
to the battle OF the Marne would he the
slowest rate which would permit OF sue
cess"
And the Russians"
Again ! have no precise facts, but I
should say that II the Russians main
tanned the rate OF advance which they
showed In East Prussia at the opening OF
the war they would arrive In Berlin
shortly before us"
| A retired General whom both OF the
eminent men knew slightly because or his
membership in the institute for dis
tinguished works In botany happened IA
pass on the same path In the Bols TIL.
academ'cian hastensd TO inform him o,
| what he called their argument. although
tho professor protested that they mad
not been arguing.
! From what ] know OF the situation -
spoke out the General. Il should saw
| that neither the Allies nor the Russian.
want to go to Berlin at all 1t Isa fear
fully out OF the way place from n mill
tary point OF view"
Then We can win without going IN
Berlin at am" asked the academiclan
Yes, perfectly" replied the General
Then ! was right after au aud Won
| were wrong" exclaimed the academiciar
, to the professor, And he thought glee-
| fully Of his morning editorial
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wants Heavy Puttees.

Wants Heavy Puttces.
Please send me some tobacco pouches
and some heavy gray puttees. The short
leather leggings supplied by the Govern
ment are not much good. as the water
gets In between them and the shoe Put
tees will he much warmer, and cold feet,
In their literal sense. are what we all
fear
| received q charming letter from Mrs
Mary Van Benthuysen Harding OF New
orleans Inut written from Dinard.
Franco. asking me my measurements.
whether short. tall or medium Gin order to
send change Of underclothes every fort
ughD and congratulating me as a New
orleans boy for fighting for France with
the letter came a package containing
mittrns chocolate. passemontagne
twoollen head covering) and flannel
band. such letters and packages are
being received by boys Of other cities
wrote aud void the Kind donor tina; a mis-
take had been made As I do not come
from New Orleans. but was. all The same.
very grateful for her present. which could
not have reached me at "a better moment.
| had just come in from the firing line
after six days al IL. We left the firing
lines at \. NJ. and passed through
BeaureuX on our way TO the village We
always saop at. Cuiryles- Chaudardrs.
scarcely time to wash, do some kitchen
work (gettlng the rations FOR our section)
and then prepare for a review by the
Tar,a!. ". started out sa"tion al
sixty odd and at the review only num-
bered thirty-seven. This certainly opened
our eyes somewhat. We were quartered
I'm a barn and drew up in tho rear OF 1,
and then numbered on. Morlac was
away. as were Ganson, Hall, Bach, Car
ri To- 4 For
service at Toulouse, with Towls and
CasmeZoJ Rockwell and Oinger.
Corporal Sweeney IL with the second
company and Is away with Norlac. Nor
wich Is in the fourth section and Corporal
Bouligny Is wounded Those remaining
are Rockwell SeeRer, Finn. Dowd
rhelizot, Soubiran Capdevilie, Casey
Towle King. Chatkom Trinkard. Percy
LandreauN and Hefele tthe last two
although born in the United States do
not speak EnglIsh), and our doctor,
Adjt. Van Worst
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ONLY THREE DAYS IN
20 OFF FIRING LINE
"Sun's" Correspondent With
Foreign Legion Continues
story Of Adventure.
HALF OF SECTION LEFT
Special Corr,spondence to TuE suS.

PARIS, Jan. This SUNS correspond
ent with the Americans Of the Foreign
Legion at the front, writing Decem-
Der 20. says
No doubt you have received my two
postcards saying that yesterday evening
the Quarterma ster Sergeant came and told
Thaw to prepare TO leave for the sixth
Escadrllc Othe aviation squadron at Mer-
vaD this morning. Thaw had been there
yesterday and the Captain told him his
application had gone through as aviator
and that n. Hall tot kentucky would
be an observer adding that he would soon
be called for service. The call has come
almost az once, and Hall is to Join him
I'll soon aS he is out OF the hospital lHall
has left the American Hospital at Neuiily
since the FOREGOING was writtenl Thaw
will thus miss our big Christmas dinner.
for which Adiutant-Doctur Van Worst
has presented us with q ham which he
bought at Fismes, walking all the way
to buy il.
The English boys In our lot are leaving
Us 10 join the British army.
! 4 Bach 81 New York who has
worked with Saulnier tof the Morane-
Saulnier aeroplane), hut who Is not an
aviator. has also been accepted for the
flying corps
Chicago boy with MS, \. phelizot,
has just given SiOO to the Belgian refu-
gees. lie has had an adventurous life
since he left home at the age ~ Is. lie
studied engineering and was at one time
with the United states Steel Corporation.
After some experiences as sailor he
drifted into the Congo district and became
an ivory hunter. lie had six years Of
this life before coming to France and
Joining the Legion. His OUTFIT ls still in
Africa. lie has small steamer on the
Congo and his partner was with Col
Roosevelts hunting party. PheiIer. being
in the interior at the time. could not join
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II was Austria, not Italy, which insisted
that the Servians should give up Alessio
and DurazZo and should not have their
window on thu Adriatic." The Mont'ne-
grins were compelled to evacuate Scutarl
and the Greeks to withdraw from Eplrus
In order that Albania should remain in
tact and its territorial integrity and in
dependence should be guaranteed. ltalS
UNIV illingly agreed to the formatton OF the
new autonomous Albania, apparently
satisfied that Avlona, which commands
the Adriatic, was guaranteed by Albania g
neutrality and that consequently II could
not fail into Austrla's hands.
No sooner was Albania declared indie
pendent than Austria openly displayed
her Intention to continue the struggle for
influence in the new State to ltaly's
detriment The Prince OF WED was de-
cidpdly anti-ftalian. lie openly supported
Austrian interests and strived 20 Increase
Austrian influence. Italy realized her
mistake in cOnsenting to the autonomy
II Albania and started to seek remedy
II is stated on good authority that an
Italian dlplomatist at DurazZo offered TO
find this remedy. lie proposed to allow
an Austrian spy to stab him In order
that Italy could intervene and demand
reparation for the incident" This ofrer
was refused.
The Prince OF WED then obligingly
axiled Essad Pashd, ltaly's TREND, from
Durazzo The Italian diplomatist who
by the way had impressed the German
Prince with the dangers that surrounded
him owing to Moslem revolt saved
F,ssad Pasha's llfe. within a couple OF
weeks the Prince Of Wied fled from
Dura22o and Essad rasha, under ltaly's
protection, wa, installed In his place and
professionally assumed charge of the Al
bantam Government
When the war started Austria had her
hands full with Russia and SerVla. Italy
proclaimed her neutrality and announced
that she would not intervene unless her
interests were threatened, II was obvious
that only Austria could threaten these
interests which naturally included those
IN Albania.
Austria has tho role Of protector Of the
Catholics I'm Albania. while Turkey oNer-
cises considerable spiritual influence over
the Moslcms, Austria and Turkey used
their Influence over the warilke Albanian
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IN BERLIN BY 194S,
MATHEMATICAL VIEW
French Professor Figures Time
Needed at Present Rate
Of Progress.
WAR EXPERT SCEPTICAL

SpSrigi CorrespoHdcHrS 10 TsE StN
PARIS. Jan. l0.-An eminent professor
Of mathematics at the Sorbonue. mem
Der ~ the Institute. met an equally emil
nent literary Academican walking m
the Bots last Sunday morning. The lit
ersr( celebrity asked the emiuenilN oh
schre saVant what he thought about the
war and received FOR an answer that he
didn't think anything IN particular about
It, Then the acHdemician pressed the
mathematician FOR an answer as to how
LING he thought the war would last The
professor replied
"Since YOU press me for an opinion
shall give you some figures, for | have
no opinions about things like wars. which
are not governed by any principles which
Ne know about or can experiment with
Being Interested In the matter ~ the
probabilities Of the duration OF the war
and knowing nothing about military mat
tiers. ] bcgan this morning 10 calculate
the length of the war on the basis OF the
known fac,s alreaav established
81 took a Ale OF the French oficial
communicates since December II. the date
when Gen Joffre ordered the most recent
general advance, and measured the gains
recorded In the communicate leaving out
OF account The gains claimed by the Ger
man communicates because I understand
, the Government states that the German
COMMUNICATES are not truthful. Now
Monsieur, what do you take II will be
the end ~ the war. from geographical
point Of view"
when We arrive At Berlin to dictate
peace terms, OF course II cannot end
before
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ItnI, Notifies Powers.


The Italian Government then resumed
the diplomatic work left of when Essad
Pasha had assumed the provisional GOV
eminent Of Albania. The sgnatury
Powers Of the Conference Of London We're
accordingly notified that the autonomy
OF Albania was threatened and that Italy
wa determined TO step in. While the
entente Powers and Germany agreed to
the plan, Austria. while conserving In
guarded terms to ltaly's Intervention.
formulated the reservation OF deciding
the question at the end of the great war
italy acqulesCed I'm GreeCe's second DC
cupation of Fpirus and continued her dip
lpmatic work carefully and gradually
Some time was lost before Italy occupied
Avlona, more than month. and I'M
patent Italians complained that the Gov
mat this time was gained and that the
Government had to delay the occupation
until the revolution prepared by Austria
and Turkey had really begun
\ cruiser squadron was sent h. Nalloua
merely 10 watch events. \ few days
later italy decided To aid the refugees
who had lef their homes IN the country
and Hooked 10 the town. probably because
th'l expected relief An Italian sanitary
mission was landed with medical sup
plies and stores and the Italian nag was
hoisted over a hospital where two naval
su "ceuns with attendants were installed
sun later a landing party from one Of
the cruisers occupied the island OF Sa-
seno. The Italian flag was holsted on
the highest point. the hlueiackcts presented
arms and tn buglers sounded she royal
anthem The island was thus formally
occupied in the name of the King Of
Italy. \ wireless station was instaled
barracks were built for the garrison and
guns were mounted.
When an Italian citizen who resided AT
AVlona was shot at zoo marines were
landed within an hour and occupied the
town. The Admiral commanding the
squadron issued the following pr C.amation
addressed TO the population Of AvlOna
Serious disorders occurring p, peated.y
al short intervals In this region have para =
iyzed trade. work and all undertakings
and endangered the lives and property
+ the inhabitants The Italian Govern
m~nt, watchfu guardian Of Albania's fate,
wishes that your tranquility. seriously
threatened. should be assured, As YOU
requested, Italian sailors are landing 20
restore order and defend you"
The eXpeditpnary force destined to oc-
cupy Avlona and consisting OF one regI-
m"nt of Infantry, about 1000 men with
machin" gun sections, a detachment OF
artillery, engineers. mounted carabineers.
medical and army service corps. was con-
veyed in three trOopships with amazing
rspidty. thus showing that everything
had been prepared beforehand.
IN..as
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Austrian Aim in Albania
Blocked BY Hab's Move
Rome Diplomatic Circles Believe Partition of Country Will
Be Accomplished Before End of Great War and
Dual Monarchy Kept Out


tribes and easily overcame the difficulties
toward their union due to their different
religions. The rivalres of chiefs and
leaders were composed mainly owing to
lavish distribution uc money. Arms and
ammunition were freely supplied to Al
hauians by agents Of Austria and the
Young Turks, VINO succeeded In persu I'd
Ing .the tribesnen to wage war against
SriNIa ana Montenegro. their enemies and
the enemies OF Austria and Turkey. 4
revolution on vast scale against Essad
pashl was carefully prepared aud Austria
ana Turkey Mere seriously threatening
ltuly's interests.