Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-08 | Page 5 | Italian Staff Anti-Austrian

ITALIAN STAFF I ANTI-AUSTRIAN I New Appointment Completes I Decidedly Militaristic Board, All Eager to Attack Ancient Enemy. g I.:" Chiasso, Switzerland. April 8, via Pari6. 12:05 p m Colonel Monto- narl has been appointed pecre'arv to Lieutenant General Count Cadorna, t chief of the Italian general staff Italian newspapers in discussinc j this appointment sa;. the Italian ge;i-era! ge;i-era! staff is decidedly anti-Austrian Colonel Montanari is well known for I his thorough knowledge of the mountain moun-tain passes in the Austrian territory I near the Italian frontier. Count ('a- I fiorna still wears the watch which his grandfather owned when he was I hanged by the Austrians. General Porro. whose appointment as under-chief of the general staff Was announced recently, is known for bis militaristic tendencies. When I Premier Salandra formed his cabinet, General Porro declined the portfolio 01 minister of war because an appropriation appro-priation of $120,000,000 for military expenses, in addition to the ordinary war budget was refused him. I