The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . get it only at Austrias expense. She longedfor Trieste, and this too was Austrian territory; but shehad actually taken Valona, and her influence in Albania,henceforth, would increase. In her own peninsula she hadthousands of Albanian subjects; Crispi, her former PrimeMinister, was of Albanian descent. Hereafter her voicewould prevail about Valona, and later at Durazzo andSkutari. All this meant Austro-Italian rivalry and quar-reling, but it also meant g
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . get it only at Austrias expense. She longedfor Trieste, and this too was Austrian territory; but shehad actually taken Valona, and her influence in Albania,henceforth, would increase. In her own peninsula she hadthousands of Albanian subjects; Crispi, her former PrimeMinister, was of Albanian descent. Hereafter her voicewould prevail about Valona, and later at Durazzo andSkutari. All this meant Austro-Italian rivalry and quar-reling, but it also meant growing Franco-Italian friendship. IX THE ALPS AXD OX THE ADRIATIC At the outset of the war, Austria and Germany were saidto have offered Italy the French provinces of Algeria, Tunis,Corsica, Savoy and Xice for her adherence to the TripleAlliance. Austria was also said to have been willing to cede toItaly some parts of the Trentino territory- and of the Triesteneighborhood. These tempting offers failed to entice her, be-cause Anglo-French fleets were bound to control the ilediter-ranean, and Austria and Germany could give her no protee-. THE TREXTIXO, TRIESTE AXD FIUME TERRITORY These were lands govemed by Austria which Italy had long claimed as hers for racial and other reasons. Austria, in the winter of 1914-1915, was understood to hare been willing to cede to Italy some considerable parts of them, provided Italy would enter the war on the Teutonic side tion against them. Beyond this, the natural sympathy ofItalians was with France and Great Britain, and not withAustria and Germany. In the 20th century, as in the 19th,the real enemy of Italy was Austria. While Italian influence was bound to be exerted againstAustria, there were certain perils in using it. The plans ofSerbia and Montenegro included the annexation of Dal- IN THE EAST, NEAR EAST, AND SOUTH niatia, as well as of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia and S^ vvonia, and Dalmatia was Italia Irredenta. Ragusa, Spalato,and Zara
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