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Show Miscellany When the War Began j The extraord nary Information that the ! Ita ian government has Id. 6 before the 1 wo d with respect to Austr an proposals of 3 year ago confirms the v ew tha the attack on Serv a was for o her reasons , than tl e assass nation of the g and duke I From the statemen of S gno G o tti at the t me Italy s prem e appeared at : on Augus 9 1913 Aus r a con n n ca ed to Ita ye en on o ac aga Se , a As a as ed I ri o cons ue such action as d fe fc e and t us a asus oed ! er s and ob ng I a o aas s Aus Ma n the en erp ise I fu her appea sf on he docun ents presen ed b S g or G 0 i that Austria at tne same t me addressed a s m ar con mun oat on to Germanj The Italian government promptly rep ed that It con d not regard an attack on Servia as defensive and d d e erythrns In its power to d ssuade Austria from what it ca ed a dange ous ad enture Thus it is eBtab shed that the refusal this year of he Ita an government to support er al es of the tr p e allance was i not a dec slon hast y a r ved at. Thus It Is a so es ab shed that her an ea had full warning ong before the cr s s of as Ju y that Italy votrid not Jo n In what she re garded as an aggressive and unwa ranted ac o Italy has been a acked in Qer n any and Austria as fa se to her treaty ob gat ons She has bee ac sed of hav Ing enjoyed the benef s of the trip e al 1 ance and of repud ating ts burdens It 1 as been sa d t at she saw an onpor un ty to reco or Tren and Trieste and bus treacherously abandoned Iher a es It s not ke y tha the charges w 1 be made aga n by any one v sh ng repute for accuracv The good fa h of lay has been amply vindicated Bo h Be in and V enna knew for at east a yea that lay wou d not adopt he f ct on that an attack on Servia was defens ve act on I On June SO 1313 w tbout warn ng war broke out between Bu garla on one s de and Serbia and Greece on the other The Bu garlan k ng o dered a secret attack on his a les Why Bu garla dared to do th s s now known On June 26 there was S gned a Sof a a sec e agreemen be tvfeen Bulgaria and Asa The t eaty st pu ated tha Bugara shou d w thd aw from he Ba kan a i ance and mob ze s ou d here be war between Asa and Serv a or Austria and Russia In return A stria agieed to move aga. ns Runanla shou d Rumania ac d ring the war be ve Bu ga a and G eece and Serv a Wha is eve mo e mpo ant Aus a ag eed s o Ud t e ar n which Bu garla as emba k ng ke a n unf orab a to Bu tnr a, to ntervene to p o ec Bu Ka a T us en o raged and ed and k an eed B ga a, fo r days ater h e s n nego at on w th hen a d e a es The var turned ou bad y for Bu garla and Austria did not stand beh nd her guarantees Rumania came nto the war and Austr add noib ng because It Is as se ted the Hohenzollern emperor of Ger manv had sympa hy with the Hohenzol le n k ng of Rumania. By Ju y 15 Bui gar a was beaten by Sen (a to the west, by Greece to he south whl e a Human an army was drawing near Sofa On Ju y 20 the Bulga ian k ng appea ed to the czar to sa e htm and t e czar urged mode atton on the successful a es On August 10 1913 tl e treaty of Bucharest was sgned, Bu garla accepting the terms prescribed to her The G o tti re e at ons show hat Austr a Up to the last day en dea ored to tnduoe Germany and Italy to ass st her In redeeming her p edge to Bu gar a It la a fair Inference that Ger many then refused to back up her ays p oposed raid on Seria And it is also a fa r Inference that Germany gave con sen and that If the consent had not bee g en war vou d no have occurred The da k story of the re at ons of us r a o the poor people of he Ba kan pen nsu a, st -ugg ng against Turkish tyrannj and des rous of their p ace in the sun has neve been fully wr tten But such pa ts of It as have becon e known show that he wo st precep a of Metter n ch have ru ed the Austr an fore gn of f ce Aus r a has refused to al ow the Balkan peoples to have peace. She has jPent money to crea e anarchical condi I ons When there was a chance that the successfu eag e ad so ved tha near eas em q es on and tha a new power s ong enough to protect he Da dane es had arisen A strlan energies were sue ces fu lv devo ed to break ng up the who esome union Russia has shown some a rulsm In he Ba an po cy She was the berator and the c ea or of a f ee Ruman a a free B ga a a f ee Se a and a free Mon enegro But one t mbs e ecords n a n to find Asa back ng t e na ona s o o econon o demo a c asp at ons f e back vn d ne ch bo s I is mo e and nore amaz a Ge nany pe m ed cr e f o be a j n he meihes of a po v who e essen a ature In ell gen Ge ans ave long per oeived N Y comn ere al Ad ort ser |