Show A jj rn F il j ilk t PIX M 1 J M R 15 IN a old consiglio castle in trent by LLOYD ALLEN sp I 1 copyright cop right 1919 by W ap in in the alie upper tipper valley ol of TRENT the alie abige adige lius has just been restored to iteli find and tit nt the pence peace conference the hie final pact between the nations that fought Gerni germany any will undoubtedly glo give trent treat to t the italian nation for nil fill time leaving early eaily in the morning in one of the powerful automobiles of the italian supreme command lit in tho first party of newspaper men to visit these lands funds reclaimed front from austria I 1 arrived in trent by wily of verona after it 11 tive hu hour rifle ride during which we passed through the wrecked villages that mark the old moun mountain tala battle fronts of the AuK austrian trian and italian armies along the fine rock roadways that run along the abige adige river a flowing how ing mou stream a line of refugees was plodding along on foot for the most part returning to homesteads meads deserted during dining more than two tui years of war just a few tulles miles north of verona t tho ho first sight of wars destruction was the little wrecked village of ma marco for two years year under sunder shell fire As we MC passed through lie place the evidences of battle were sere still cample austrian t trench french helmets clips of cartridge and discarded trench spades were to be seen scattered among tho the piles of stone and timber of wrecked homes the beautifully frescoed YIL lige inge church was mas nothing but a shell of walls walla on oil the lie roadway lending up to marco hundreds of austro prisoners were busy repairing tho roadbeds some wore their very ornamental dress overcoats lavish in the display of knotted abrald and fur towns Town of the trentino trent in itself Is a rather inconsiderable town it had a wartime population of some home per persons sotis it a large majority of whom were italians wo were tot told in peace times alie population Is around but in tile tho whole province of trentino there are isiom than ha half if a million people find and it la Is the province as well as the town that italy fought for ut at tho the cost ot of men killed and nearly a million wounded back of the italian demand for the trentino Is a sentimental re reason fison and a commercial reason for the sentimental and national side first italy points out through her biggest aull propagandists that of the persons IN ll 11 ing in the trentino Trent tuo aro are italians speaking the italian langua language e trent as well its as the smaller towns in tile the 11 such its as Ilove reto ala arco levico and Per Ierg glue lne aro filled with buildings of italian design decorated with italian art and ana using the italian language in tho the schools and offices wo we passed through several of these towns tile the people va the streets were us as italian as the street crowds of padua verona and vincenzo cities of tho the venetian plum plain through which we I 1 based pat wit in the mariter stages of our trip signs ile decades cales old on the building s of the trentino were in ita italian ilan advertising the wares certain italian merchants were trying to ing to sell the practical reasons that italy has for keeping tier her tricolor flying front from the mountain cities or of tle te Trent trentino luo are mn roua us and every available inch tilled first of all the th trentino Is a very productive region where vineyards and grain nelda nourish flourish on boap both bides of the abige adige producing large quantities 0 foods it can be said truthfully that every ava llaMa inch of efland load in this section la Is la in a state of cultivation to an american fanner famer the intense method of soil lulng would prove a revelation caal staff correspondent stern newspaper union only through centuries of careful work with hoo hoc anti and plow has bus it been possible to creato the garden that extends fro from ill verona where the adla adage river tile venetian plain to it ill tha impassable mountain valley vallous val lovs ninny many nilles miles where fife alic absolute absent e of sol oil forbids nily any attempt at fanning the fields on oil either cither side of the river are broken into dinall lots thou feuds being ns as r small its as a city block many tire lire much smaller in order to completely 1111 a segment of rock locked earth on these plots that have been leveled with infinite care tho the farmer of the trentino grows grain garden truck grapes and often other fruit aro kept to about four and n half feet high for the main stem which grows to tile thickness of a mans wrist while the tendrils tire lire trained onto sticks stick s or la ill ninny many cases to trees that are arc kept pruned down to a thick stump six or seven feet high fill small half tin an inch in thickness protruding lit in a sheaf from the tump stump ancient consiglio castle during tho the middle ngn loges trent was ns rt typical fortified fortin td caty crowned with W hit an old feudal castle built in ill 1490 thle costlo castle consiglio has haa come collie down to to tile the present gellel aaion in ill it a beautiful state of preservation while the hie austrians Aust lans rians held trent the p plino lit cc NN MI 1118 used its aa a kind of town jail condare native of it trent nil att ardent pro idallan who ha had tile ho fervor to enlist in tile the ant arnay y against austria was as slit shot lit in the courtyard of if tile the castcel astir ind and la is tile the tuu town and tho the italian nations lonH inar martyr tyr stored lu in tile tho wonderful old castlo were captured austrian Auh lilaa rillas nies ul or gus gas masks trench tools murderous decious trench knives and other odd t and ends ot of lighting fighting inuss equipment w wo ero stacked blacked in ili several of the large fro robina onis in ili one oi of the main corridors cont duis ewt a typical austrian Aust ilai tot ture machine it consisted of two io rings tile w aist eliut nine indus inches from file he floor and tile second het oaid about dour ienir feet above ground the practice was us to lo fasten al prisoners ankles to tile lo lower werring by meilin of it piece of rope hiie adle tho the un fortu until li falis hand were tied him through the upper tipper ring thlin athla threw nil all tho the prisoners weight tight on tho the wrists and anklow ancic ank loi Q usually a man fainted after several devoral hours inspection of tha old ola con consiglia siglin castle caa revealed how the war machine ot oc the sixteenth century for tho the castle allo atif was a fort lidid been acin made to serve the tha purposes ot of the twentieth century war lords in the highest room of the place it circular chamber of the tallest fullest tower was all that remained of tl wireless outfit the i bad nindo ninde themselves comfortable in the emilip old by putting storm win dows in the loopholes that were originally cut for the convenience of crossen bov low to r in men get to the tower ono one hits to pass enough it n courtyard where ro mci me 1 were hanged centuries ago about live or six feet from froin thu old gallows a double affair runs a sheltered gallory gallery from which the dukes and their courtiers I 1 bolstered bolt ered front the weather we athor could witness the execution some of the public square in the elty city of trent have tine line old buildings in italian architecture decorated froni floru ground to root with gorgeous gorR frescoes tho the coloring of which Is still vivid |