ITALY'S NEUTRALITY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 65, 5 August 1914, Page 2

ITALY'S NEUTRALITY.

ITALY'S NEUTRALITY. Italy s neutrality will cause no sur* prise to the other members of the Triple Aliance. Mr. Frederick \V. Wile, Merlin correspondent of the Loudon Daily Mail, wrote towards the end of last I year: tte-jiiany looks forward in 1911 tt a year sis crowded with momentous events in the realm of international politics as the stirring' twelve mont'lis just pass-d. Her statesmen do not believe that the conflagration in the Balkans, with it* limitless possibilities of' complications in the farther west of Europe, spent its force with the signature of Uie peace treaties of Budapest and Constantinople. Germany's principal interest in developments in tin near _ east lies in their effect on her relations with her principal ally. Aus-tria-Hungary. . . Germans are constitutionally unable to view Italy's adherence to the Triple Alliance with enthusiasm or confidence. In the dread day of Armageddon, they are persuaded. Germany and Austria will find themselves compelled to face Europe alone." Royal relationships have their place in diplomacy and it is interesting to note tl.at tile veteran King Nicholas of Montenegro is still maintaining a neu tral attitude. His daughter is the wife o c King Victor Emmanuel 111. of Hah'.