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Show BREAKING WITH AUSTRIA. There is some speculation as to the reasons which led President Wilson to inquire of the Vienna government what I its attitude would be toward German submarine warfare. This is plainly an intimation from Washington that tfie United States desires to break off relations rela-tions with Austria-Hungary. It could not have been supposed at Washington that Germany's ally would refuse to sanction Germany's naval operations It is understood that Washington has also asked Turkey to define it.i attitude. atti-tude. Thus we are brought to the parting part-ing of the ways with all the Teutonic belligerents except Bulgaria, whirh m;iv receive an inquiry later. From a military point of view it i better to break with Germany, Austria and Turkey than with Germany alone. In case of war we might find ourselves handicapped as the entente powers were by Italy's delay in declaring war on Germany. Italian troops could be used only against Austria for more than a year after Italy had entered the conflict. con-flict. Xow Italian troops may be employed em-ployed against German troops, and at present they are oo the Macedonian front fighting Germans and Bulgarians. ; Amcri'-an troops might be used to better advantage in some theater of war other than France. They might give better aid at Saloniki or on the XigriJ than in IVaii'-e. In ca-ie of war. iJiori'(wT, if innv be I necessary to take measures regarding Austro-llungarian subjects in this country. coun-try. We should face a most difficult situation if we adopted certain restrictions restric-tions against subjects of the kaiser and not against subjects of tho Austrian emperor. |