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Show CAPTURE OF TRIESTE WILL BE GREATEST PRIZE OP WAR Upper: General view of Trieste from waterfront. Lower: Gun to be used against Trieste. Trieste has all the earmarks of a modern city, having all tho conveniences conveni-ences of a great city. Its population is over two hundred thousand in normal nor-mal times, and this number has been increased during the war. The Austrians Aus-trians call it the Hamburg' of South Germany. Tho majority of tho inhabitants in-habitants are Italians, and are intensely in-tensely in sympathy -with tho allied nations. The one language of the city of Trieste is Italian, and although al-though the Austrian government has for years tried to make the city an Austrian one, they have found it a Well-nigh impossible task. Trieste has a very fine harbor, and is a flourishing modem seaport. It is built in a crescent shape somewhat like the city of New Orleans. |