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Show ITALY HE UNEASY Bl TK ALLIANCE Officialdom Satisfied, but Peo- pie Believe Their Diplomats Diplo-mats Were Worsted. Special Cable to The Tribune. BERLIN. Dec. 28. In tho quiet Interval Inter-val between Christmas and New Years. Germany Is looking backward with si feeling of relief In the kuowledgo that tho triple alliance was renewed before the end of the year without any pr the trouble which had been anticipated from Italy, where the Inclinations. of the. people peo-ple towards France are In strong contrast con-trast with official preference for Germany Ger-many and Austria. From a C-crman viowpolnt the renewal of tho triple nlllanco Is tho strongest possible pos-sible factor in favor of European peace, as It undoubtedly malntans tho balance of power In Europe In a manner as close to the Ideal as possible, and nobody cares very much that one of tho other allies would have preferred to bo on the other side of the fence, at least un 11 all danger of a British-German conllict has PBlT?tW Dm renewal of tho triple alliance alli-ance ahead of time and without any dis-Siisslc dis-Siisslc i as to terms that might be modified modi-fied has aroused no enthus asm and considerable con-siderable bitterness, resulting in a very sharp crltirlslm of the government. There Is a feeling, of course, that but. for Italy being in the triple alliance, Germany or Austria might possibly have prevented the war that resulted in the conquest of Tripoli, but. popular though this war was from tho start, It is being felt that tho gain hardly makes up for the cnormouH cost In blood arid money and that worse calamities might have befallen Italy than the Intercfcrence of a foreign power to prevent that war. Aside from this, however, it Is keenly felt that Italy's remaining within the triple alilanco was of the greatest Importance Im-portance to the other powers, an Germany Ger-many may possibly bo Involved In a war with Ensland, when great claims may be made unan the Itnllan navy, and Austria is weakened by tho attraction which the new Slav league In the Balkann exer s upon millions of her subjects, an attraction at-traction that may prove yery serious to tho unity of the empire In ensu of tho death of Emperor Francis Joseplv In view of this fact, tho peop o of Italy feel that tho government should havo held out for bettor terms before renewing tho alliance. |