The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30

road line, that It's possession Is GER
tain to be bitterly contested.
South OF Corr the Italian armies
In their march on Trieste will find
themselves in the desolate karst re-
gion, a bleak gray country. hard Bit
ten by the wind. known as the Bora,
that sweeps over 1t. owing to this
wind the country Is almost denuded
Of trees. and indeed vegetation of any
kind is Of the scantiest. Austria has
made n few half hearted attempts at
reforestation in this district. but her
efforts have had no results.
The karst extends from Fful to
Corr and Is best known for It's many
caverns and grottos. The most cele-
brated of these is the Adelsberg Grotto,
about forty miles east OF Trieste. Ii
consists OF several different chambers.
has natural bridges, rivers. many gal
leries and magnificent stalactites. II
IL lighted throughout with electricity,
and in one Of the rooms. known as the
ballroom, about $50 by 90 feet, q public
ball with brilliant Examinations Is held
every Whit Monday.
Trieste IL protected by an encircling
ring Of heavily fortified hills. The old
town is a series Of terraces on the
hillside. but the new town. with fine
broad streets and modern buildings. Is
built on the reclaimed M extending
around the bay in crescent form.
Although italy does not have the
deep sentiment for Trieste that she
has for the Trentino. yet Trieste Is the
great prize Of her present war. 1t Is the
, great port OF the Adriatic. It's harbor
facilities are extensive and modern and
its location IL such that there Is prac-
tically no natural limit to its growth.
As II well known. the population Is
| Italian by an overwhelming ratio. for
| though Trieste has been an Austrian
city for 500 years 1t never been
anything but italian In sentiment.
Every effort Of Austria to Germanize
| It's spirit has met with the same stub
born resistance that she IA also en-
countered In the Trentino. In only
one detail has the Austrian Govern
ment yielded 10 the people. Common
| convenience has forced her to have
the street signs in two languages. but
that is her single concession to the
| prevailing tongue of the Inhabitants.
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the Dalmatian coast. fringed with is-
lands and dotted with gray old towns,
buried in flowers. where life goes on
much as Il did when Venice. the fore
bear OF Modern italy held the ivng
shore line. First in Importance. at the
tin OF the Istrian peninsula IL Pola,
where Austria has had her naval base
ever since Venice was lost to her.
From a navai standpoint Pola is
the most valuable position in the
Adriatic. With her inadequate mar
bors and her long a line italy
looks toward the secure station OF
Austria at Poland looks and longs
The posi,ion OF the town is beautifu'
and there are many splendid Roman
ruins there. but Of late years Austria
has not encouraged visitors 10 this
place. and SO much OF It has become
"yerbo en-" that II has been scarceis
worth while to visit II.
Further around the peninsula Il
Abazia, a pink and white buried
in woods Of evergreen laurel, Whlcr
has recently called itself the Austrian
Riviera, and which has taken on I'M
portance to itself in consequence.
Thu Dalmatian coast, with Its deeI
fiordlike indentations and its innumer
able islands. has become known 10 th'
present generation OF traveller
through the comfortable excursion
service that is carried on from Trieste
and Venice. Stretching SOUTHWARK
is a chain OF picturesque and Inter
esting little towns. with fine relics o
Roman and Venetian days. and Will
a quaint and co.orful life of thei'
own.
lara. the capital. is entirely Italiar
in character, and is surrounded b!