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Show SEPARATE PEACE. The suspicion of the Pall Mall Gazette that Emperor William's visit to Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna has to do with making separate peace with Italy probably prob-ably is well founded. Italy never has declared war against Germany aud is not. anxious to aid the allies in the Kal-kans, Kal-kans, where German .soldiers would come in contact with Italian soldiers. The German government can open up negotiations nego-tiations with the Italians at any time if Austria is willing to concede the territory ter-ritory that Italy desires. The particular reason for Km peror William's anxiety to have Italy -j n I Austria make peace at this time is apparent. ap-parent. T li e " 1 1 a 1 ia n s are on the point of penetrating the Austrian armor, at Goiizia. If this line is carried the Austria Aus-tria ns will not have another defense line of equal strength. Just now C"'1,-V""J C"'1,-V""J Anstrians are able to cope with j ."iiri.0"0 Italians. Once the line is pierced the Austrian? must meet the Itali'ins : almost man for man, aud (his siin ! cannot 'lo. Italy ultimately cut ! place 3.f0n.0'io in the field, which j means that Italy ran endure the war for i two or three years mom and -till have ja big army left, whereas AnMria alrea ly has arrived at almost the extreme limit of her vital resources, he still has -ev-! eral milium men in the field, but her j reserves of trained men of mil i La ry I age are exhausted. |