Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 97, 27 April 1915, Page 5

Italy

THE SPY MENAGE, I "WAR ETERNAL ON THE ENEMY!" Unitid Pees* Association Rome, April 26. There is increasing agitation against German professors in Italian universities. Professor Buonaniei addressed the students at Pisa, declaring that the time had arrived when Italy should act . The students held a procession in the streets, crying: "War eternal on the enemy !" The police are rounding up German si>ies. Several who were disguised as German officers were arrested at Cremona while attempting to mine a bridge over the river Po. Two Germans were arrested at Padua lor attempting to obtain plans of railways. A German baron, Von Kohler and his wile, were expelled from Pome owing to their relations with the spies. ACREEMENT WITH THE ENTENTE ENEMY PLAYINC FOR TIME. United Press Association. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, April 2(3. The Echo de Paris publishes an apparently officially-inspired Note indicating that an agreement between Italy and the Entente is near conclusion, and that Italy will intervene. The Telegraph's Rome correspondent states that Austro-Germans are playing for time. ATTEMPTS AT RECONCILIATION ABANDONED. United Perks Association. London, April 25. The Hague has informed Germany that practically it has abandoned the attempt to reconcile Austria an] Italy, as preposterous. Italian brokers are refusing German money. REPORTED AUSTRIAN CONCESSION OF TRIESTE. United Pkebs Association. (Received 5.30 a.m.) Rome, April 26. Bulow's entourage assert that Austria is finally offering an autonomy to Trieste, similar to that of Hamburg. Hamburg, a free city and district in the German empire, belonged to the Hanseatic League, a formidable trading confederation, established in the 13th century.' Together with Lubeck and Bremen it still retains the title of Hanse town, being a free port. Its present constitution came into force in 1861, and the government is carried on by a Senate and a House of Burgesses.