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Show ITALV TO ENTER I WAR TERMS Understanding Reached With Great Britain and France on Three Points. WILL TIME HER BLOW Demands Definite Agreement on Future Movements French Diplomacy Brought to Bear. Rome. April 29, via Taris tltSO a. m. Prom persons in close touch with the war situation as it affects Italy, there was obtained today information) which indicates that the aovernment 1 has arrived at wi understanding with Great Britain and France concerning the terms upon which Italy will enter I the war, if she eventually decides to do so This information, while unofficial.! is gathered from men who have made a close and careful study of the sit ! nation. The agreement Ip described ' I as follows First, a promise for concerted m i li-1 j tary action. Italy will refrain from I hostilities during the present s'age of desultory trench warfarp which would i nable Germany and Austris to concentrate con-centrate a large part of 1heir forces apainst her She will time her blow contemporaneously with the general effort by' all the opponents of the I central empires now In the field. Second, an understanding concerning concern-ing the territory to be awarded to Italy in the event of victory. Third, a provision that after the war an alliance shall be formed between be-tween Italy and the present Triple j Fntente of Great Britain. France and I Russia. Great Britain Holds Out. It is intimated that at the outset Great Britain was not disposed to make terms with I ta I . but that Italy firmly declined to consider joining the allies without first having reached n definite agreement with them concerning con-cerning the nature and time of her co-operation, boundary readjustments after the war and permanent assist-ance assist-ance from French dip!omac In reach ing the desired understanding on th points Negotiations With Italy On the Italian frontier, ia Pari-. April 29. 10:40 a. m. There has been received here from a source in Rome that Is thoroughly trustworthy, presentation pre-sentation of recent political develop ments. It has to do with several Important Im-portant points in the negotiations be-i tween Italy and the central empires.1 This disclosure Lbt Is said, may now be made without detriment to the in-interests in-interests affected as the situation has reached such a point that no revelations revela-tions can affect the policy settled upon by Italy. The information thus received is as follows When Prince on Buelow was accredited ac-credited to Rome as German ambafl-sadOf ambafl-sadOf he was charged with the definite defi-nite ta6k of bending every effort toward to-ward preventing Italy from entering the war. it being believed by that time that If Italy took up arms It would be on the side of the allies. Italy Plays For Time At first the ambassador received en eouragement that his mission might result in success. He was too astute a diplomat, however, not to perceive that back of this complaisant attitude atti-tude of Italy lay the pressing necessity neces-sity of gaining time, for Itah was unprepared un-prepared for war and needed an Inter accordingly sought to tie Italy's hands by presenting concrete offers which, even if satisfying her onlv in part, would cause a large section of the public to urr the government to ac cept them and thus avoid the hardships hard-ships of war It was under these ( ircumstances that the German ambassador proposed a settlement Shereby Italy should receive re-ceive the Austrian territory Inhabited principally by Italians This sugK': tlon originally was vague and was not accompanied b ei Idence that Austria had acquiesced In It Several weeks were required to gie shape to tli ib proposal which eventually was reduced to a plan for rectification oT the Italian frontle, in such a way as to make it less open to Invasion. Minister Assumes Firmer Attitude In the meantime Italy's military preparations were approaching completion. com-pletion. This enabled Foreign Minister Minis-ter Sonnino to assume a tinner attitude. atti-tude. He said clearly that the government gov-ernment could not possibly come to ' an understanding which was contrary to the unanimous wishes of the people and parliament, statlnp that there was a complete unification of sentiment. Furthermore, he said, the cabinet was unwilling to continue negotiations initiated in-itiated by Germany unless they should be participated in by Austria with which an agreement necessarily must be concluded Austria at first declared that Km-peror Km-peror Francis Joseph would never consent to the alienation of one inch of territory. Thus far noting an Impossible Im-possible situation. Prince von Buelow threatened to abandon his post. Rather Rath-er than sec a rupture Austria entered the negotiations and asked Italy to state her demands Demands on Austria Stated. It was at the middle of March when Italy made a response, repeating to Austria virtually what she had already said about territorial aggrandisement to Prince von Buelow. To this she added that wbe wished Austria to pledge herself that, whatever the result re-sult of the war. she would respect ' the territorial integrity of Serbia The reason for this request was that it 1 aly.' having taken her stand on the principle of political solldltary for the ; Italian race, could not consistent- be sjg oi me nisrn9 lorm of wit. Aft t a party, een indirectly, to any settlement settle-ment of the war whereby the political entlt of the Serbs would be threatened. threat-ened. Considered Demands Unjust. The Austrian view was that Italy's eemauds were unjust and unacceptable. unaccept-able. She intimated that she considered consid-ered it astonishing that Italy, having hav-ing declared herself neutral when the war began -hould interfere in any settlement between Austria and Serbia Ser-bia In addition to claiming for her-sell her-sell extensive territories possessed by Austria. The two points of view here were so far apart that a rupture Beemed Inevitable, but Prince von Buelow sue ceeded in avoiding such S conclusion. The negotiations w ere taken up afresh Slsnor Sonnino stated that1 the minimum of Italian demands included, in-cluded, in addition to the clause con- cerning Serbia, cession by Austria Cf I the entire province of Trent nd of, j Istria with Triest and Pola. and alio rtain number of the Dalmatan 1st-1 ands. Austna'se Counter Suggestion. i-tria came forw ard w ith counter j suggestions, limiting the territory to he conceded to part of the province of Trent and certain other territory I excluding Pola and Triest. The !at-, ter city, under this arrangement, was' to be transformed into a free townj under Austrian suzerainty. Italv definitely refused these proposals" prop-osals" It is asserted that Prince von , Buelow came to the end of bis re-, re-, sources when he suggested that Triest I be made a Hanseatic town under In ternallonal control and that he expected expect-ed both Vienna and Rome to refuse. It i- understood that little has been accomplished sjince these last named proposals i.nled. and accordingly there is a general feeling that Italy will have recourse to arms. |