Show MERGED GERMAN chancellor DISCUSSES declaration OF WAR HIS COUNTRY BY ROME declares italy was apparently afraid of consequences which she would suffer after the war in regard to economic relations berlin tho reichstag convened convened thursday and tho the imperial chancellor ur dr von holweg delivered his eagerly awaited speech ile ho began by outlining the events which led up to the italian and declarations of war ile he recalled that the tha german ambassador had left led rome after italis declaration of war against austria hungary and that G germany r had that tho the italians would find german troops lighting w with ith their austro hungarian comrades on the italian frontier lie ile continued tint iod thus a state of war practically existed but a formal declaration of war did not come till later italy apparently was afraid of the tha consequences which she would suffer after tho the war in regard to her economic relations with us on the other hand rome preferred cried to lay the blame blaino for the declaration at our door out but for us there was no reason to play italis game our tactics were justified by the interrupted efforts e of the entente powers to cause italy to declare war tor for more than a your year the italian government restated resisted finally the measured meas urea which england employs with equal ruth lovsness against neutrals and hor wr allies were too strong italis warfare warf tiro depends upon english coal and knell money finally sho she had to give tit in the decision certainly was brought about by british coercion although italian hopes in regard to the balkans also exercised influence |