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Show 'ITALY MAY UNITE WITyiElANY The Idea Nazlonale Says Before End of February Prince Von Duelow Will Make Proposal Rome, Sunday, Feb. 14. Tho Idea Znzlonale, a newBpaper puollshcd In tho Interests of tho Nationalist Party, Par-ty, In Its Issuo of today, publishes n forecast of German proposals to Italy, which reads as follows: "Peforo tho end of February, Prlnco ven Uuelow, tho Gorman ambassador am-bassador to Italy, will present to the Italian government a concroto proposal pro-posal for Italian participation fn tho war on tho sldo of aermuny. This consists of tho cession by Austria of tho province of Trent and tho roe II-flcatlon II-flcatlon of tho enstorn Italian frontier fron-tier by tho addition of a strip of land going as far as tho Isonzo river, riv-er, in addition Germany will p:edge herself to conclude a now treaty with Italy, which will afford protection to Italy's Mediterranean Interests. "In exchange, Italy Is to tnko part ut once in the war. Sho will occupy Tunis and help Turkey drive tho English from Egypt, which will return re-turn under tho dominion of tho sultan sul-tan of Turkey. In nddltlon tho Italian Ital-ian lleet will attack tho Anglo French naval forces in tho Mediterranean." Continuing tho Iden Nazlonale says that Prlnco von Puelow, roforring to Triesto made this statement: "It Is Imposslblo to give Triesto to Italy becauso this seaport Is the lung not of Austria, but of Germany." At the conclusion of ono of his conversations con-versations with tho Italian statesmen states-men Prlnco von Puelow, according to tills newspaper, made uso of this phase: , "Either Italy will bo friendly towards to-wards ua, or wo will treat her forso than wo aro treating England.'" |