. The Great war. ycompensation. It is significant, moreover, that in his con-demnation of the action of the Italian government beforethe Reichstag, Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg did notdeny in principle the justice of Italys claim to compensa-tion in Austrian territory. Italys assertion of a right to sovereignty and influenceeastward of the Mediterranean is the crucial, and at thesame time the difficult, element in the judgment of Italianpolicy to the minds of many impartial observers. Werethe Italian pretensions in this quarter an ignoble exploita-tion of the needs of an ally fighting for h
. The Great war. ycompensation. It is significant, moreover, that in his con-demnation of the action of the Italian government beforethe Reichstag, Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg did notdeny in principle the justice of Italys claim to compensa-tion in Austrian territory. Italys assertion of a right to sovereignty and influenceeastward of the Mediterranean is the crucial, and at thesame time the difficult, element in the judgment of Italianpolicy to the minds of many impartial observers. Werethe Italian pretensions in this quarter an ignoble exploita-tion of the needs of an ally fighting for her existence oran indispensable effort to defend the position of Italyfrom practical submersion ? There is little doubt that theresponsible chiefs of the Italian Cabinet and Foreign Officeregarded the situation as really serious. We are apt toregard the Adriatic as an absolute barrier to logical pene-tration eastward. We Americans are a continental peopleand in our imagination the land unites and the sea divides,. Demonstration in Rome in favor ot war.
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