Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 63, 17 March 1915, Page 5

Italy

THE ILLUSION OF NEUTRALITY. Times and Sydney Sun Service, (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, March 16. The Giornale d’ltalia, in a .semi-offi-cial article on the problems of neutrality, says; “Italy must, if necessary, sacrifice blood and money. Her people must not cradle themselves in the illusion of a neutrality prolonged indefinitely. They must be prepared for tbe decisive hour—making Italy greater, stronger, and happier—which is inevitably approaching.” MISCELLANEOUS. United Press Association. Rome, March 16. Le Messagoro says that the Allies have planned a military expedition to take Constantinople, and asks: Does this arrangement exclude Italy entirely, or almost, from tbe partition of Turkey,, which will be the basis of arrangement in tbe Eastern Mediterranean? This would be a grave declaration for Italy, whose policy lacks the promptness necessary for great achievements., Le Corriere d’ltalia advises war at any cost, and remarks: Mobilisation is intended as a defence of Italian interests against Austria’s attempts to prevent Italy maintaining the position she is entitled to in the surrounding seas. Ravante, the Italian Socialist organ, declares that Austria is prepared to cede Trentino and Trieste and the hinterland of Italy in return for a continuance of neutrality. M. Maeterlinck is on a mission to Italy. Ho announces that the Belgians henceforth will have the fullest sympathy of the Italians,