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Show oo I WHY ITALY DOES I NOT OPEN WAR I Statesmen Do Not Wish to Plunge Nation Into Enormous Enor-mous Risks Unless Ab- solutely Necessary. j May Gain Territorial Conces- ! sions From Austria Without Recourse to Anns. I Rome, April 7. 9.20 p. m., via Paris. I April S. 5:19 a. m Italy's failure to enter the war up to the present time tfc is explained In official circles as due I to the fart that the country's slates- I r men do not wish to plunge the nntion I into the enormous risks of war without with-out recourse to arims. 11 i pointed I out that in the meantime. Italy Is caln 1 Ing every day in military strength an I in economic resources hy postponing I her entrant e into the conflict. 1 Official reports received here from European capitals are said to a?r-i in the statement that the supreme IJ clash between the allies on the one side and the Austro-German armlt on the- other, which originally seemed certain to take place in May. will be j postponed until .Tune or even later The answer made to those -ho are I urcring immediate hostilities is thai j; . under the present circumstances thrr S is no reason why Italy should hasten j her action since the longer she de lays the greater will be her chances j of success and the greater aid sh- will be able to give those countries I on whose side 6he would align her- I No attempt Is made to deny thai .1 j war against Austria, for which the Italian people long have felt animos- j ity sould oe popular. In this con- j nertion it is pointed out that the Itall- an army has been successfully mobil- I ized without a protest from Austria. jj the country most obviously threaten- I ed. This is taken In some rjuarters I to Indicate that the leaders of the j dual monarchy are desirous of averting avert-ing hostilities and that they may yet conBent to make the territorial con- I cessions Italy desires r Dramatic Surprise Possible. ( I Turin, vis Paris April 8, 6:35 a. m The Gazetta Del Popolo declares 1 rumors that Austria contemplates con- b eluding peace ,vith Russia in order better to defend herself against Italy l are not so visionary as official com- f municatlons issued nt Vienna would Indicate. The correspondent of the f paper at the Austrian capital profess Ik es to have obtained reliable informa- p tion to the effec t that the Austrian f- government already has opened semi- gf - official negotiations with two powers a of the triple entente and he believe ' a "dramatic surprise is possible." |
