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Show ITALY'S REASON 1 1 FOREHilH I Italy's demands for territory in ex- M change for a continuance of neutral- H ity do not tell the whole story of her M determination to break with Austria. , M Far from it. The cause of hostility JM between Italy and Austria began H many years ago in Italy's struggle for H liberation from Austria. This strug- H gle can hardly be said to have ended M as long as the Trentino remains Aus- M trian. In my opinion, therefore, M Italy's chief reason for going to war M was not mere land hunger, as has , M been often assumed. The compelling H causes. I believe, were, first, a spon- I M taneous sympathy with those who are H resisting oppression, and, second a H .longing to unite Italian-speaking poo- B plo with the home country. I H oo I H |