The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-28
This Is Really Only Formal Recognition of Existing
 State of Affairs
STEP IS NECESSARY FOR USING TROOPS
 ON OTHER FRONTS
lilies Were Dissatisfied With Present Situation and Demanded More Aid < From Nation Fighting Austrians.
 { No Real Effect at the Present

Rome, August 27.-ItaIy today de-
 Hared var on Germany.
 nt Berlin, August 27.-(via wireIess.) 'sfhe following official announcement sgas made here today:
 ''The Italian government has de-
 tared. through the Swiss government, ohhat it considers itself from August 2S 0t war with Germany"
 st Paris, August 27.-A Havas dispatch
 from Rome gives communication vrublished by the Stenfani agency and Addressed by the Italian government 'Fp the Swiss government. It requests rhe Swiss government to inform the
 erman government that Italy con-
 fders herself at war with Germany i,kom and after August 2S.
 i,Italy and Germany have been drifting Readily toward war. In fact, Italy's Sbrmal dedclaration amounts to little ore than official recognition of a statt IF affairs which already existed. Ths Declaration became inevitable when Italy Sscently sent troops to Saloniki to CO., Tperate in the campaign on the Mace
 spnian front, as Germany is directing the ypposing forces and has troops on this s'ittle line.
 II ANOMALOUS POSITION asItaly's position has been anomalous .snce she withdrew from the triple all
 ,ance and declared war on Austria. All asough by this act she arrayed herself ,rgainst her former allies, Germany and austria, she remained officially at peace filth Germany until yesterday. osGernany exerted every effort to induce oSsr to remain neutral, sending to Rome
 t ambassador Prince Won Buelow, one a, the ablest statesmen of Germany. The e eince for sometime averted war between
 ustria and Italy and when he saw rup- u,ire was inevitable, he negotiated nt,ecial agreement under which, in case
 F war between Austria and Italy, Ger
 fany and Italy pledged themselves to ,e spect the properties and lives of their tsspectiv subjects in each others domains. zelis meant for Germany guarantee of stany millions of dollars worth of proper ases in Italy and for Italy the safety of If 900 Italian subjects in Germany. 'n ALLIES WERE DISSATISFIED NAccording to unofficial reports, Italy's
 9lies were dissatisfied and asked the ltf o,;c u1nte conference why their nation was not war with Germany. Italy already had lc;reed not to conclude separate peace aGid at the Paris conference sanctioned Etc plan for permanent high council sH the entente powers for future conduct sS the war. The increasing cooperation Hnong the entente allies and the neccs- i'sus of troops, which could not be en- rsoyed on the other fronts without bring lHg on war with Germany, gradually ? ought Italy into such a position that it
 Scame evident a declaration of hostili- 'Ves against Germany was only matter , " time
 " FIRST OVERT ACT . Frhe first overt act in this direction oc- 7. Erred shortly after the Paris conference, Notably as a result of it. On February "F Italy requistioned S4 of the 37 Gor- Nan steamships interned in Italian ports
 & help meet the pressing needs If the Mics for shipping facilities. Other indi-
 *tons of approaching war have been ob- 1rved in recent weeks, one of which ' Nas the denouncing of the commercial Mreement providing for mutual respect
 the rights of each others sujects. The 1Nlal step was the sending of Italian
 Roops to Saloniki.
 tContinued on pnEe TwOD