Show ITALIAN STEAMERS POSTPONE SAILINGS Vessels Now m American i Ports Ordered to Remain Until April 20 LONDON" April 9 4 31 a m. Italian steamers in American ports have been ordered to postpone all sailings until Apnl 20 according to a Borne dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company ROME April 9 to p m. v a Paris Apr 18 5 oO a m Italy s failure to enter the war up to the present t me s explained in of&c al circles as due to the fact that tl at country s statesmen do not w ih to plunge the nation into the enormous r sks of war without first exha stmg e erj poss ble means of ob taming what the people desire w thout recourse to arms It is po nted out that n the meantime Italy is ga n ng every dav in n 1 tary strength and in eco nom c resources by postpon ng her en trance nto the confl ct Off cial reports rece ved here from European cap tals are said to agree in the statement that the supreme clash between tne allies on the one s de and the Austro German armies on the other wh ch or ginally seemed certain to take place in May w 11 be postponed until June or even later The answer made to those who are urg ng immediate hos til t es. is that under the circumstances there is no reason why Italy should hasten her act on since the longer she delays the greater wo Id be her chances of success and the greater a d she would be able to g e those countr es on whose s do she would al gn herself Xo attempt s made to deny that a war aga nst Austna for wh ch the Ital ans long ha e felt an mos ty would be pop ular In th s connect on it s po nted out that the Ital an army has been success fully mob 1 zed w thout a protest from Austr a the country most obviously threatened Tl s s taken n some quar ters to nd cate that the leaders of the d al monarch) are des rous of a ertmg host 1 t es and that they maj jet con sent to uake the torr tor al conces ions italv de res |