Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 91, 20 April 1915, Page 5

Italy

RUMOURED OVERTURES. DISCUSSED FROM AUSTRO-HUN-CARIAN VIEWPOINT. -*' Times and Sydney Sun Service. 'Received S.O a.m.) London, April 19. Mr Price Trubetskoi, in an article to the newspaper ''Retch." discusses the rumours of Austro-Hungarian overtures for separate peace, disavowing precise information. He says: It seems the rumours are plausible owing to the great benefits conferred on Austria. Should Italy and Roumania join the Allies Austria risks losing Trieste and Transylvania. Immediate peace may-preserve the nowclear alliance with Germany, but it would be wholly contradictory to the vital interests of Austria and Hungary. DIPLOMACY EXHAUSTED. EMBASSIES LEAVE FOR HOME. (Received 10.50 a.m.) Rome, April 19. The relations between Austria and Italy are acute. The Austrian Ambassador's family and staff have left for Vienna. The Italian Embassy is preparing to leave Vienna. MISCELLANEOUS. London, April 19. Rome reports state that Baron Abrosi. adviser at the Austrian Embassy, has departed. Of the wheat reserve of ten million quintales desired by the Government eight millions are already stored. It is expected that, when convinced Italian intervention is inevitable, Austria will ojxm a strong offensive campaign. Geneva, April 19. The Customs seized a wagon labelled "Vegetables" from Genoa, destined for Germany. It was found full of American maxims. The Italian authorities are daily seizing metals consigned to Germany. Lieutenant Gladstone was shot in the forehead while trying to locate a sniper.