In this context we may note that it appears likely
that one of the first efforts of the allied Powers will be to force Italy to come once more into line with the two Empires, and so revive the Triple Affiance. For example, the Cologne Gazette tells us that Italy cannot fail to have drawn the proper moral "from the manner of the termination of the Bosnian dispute." Those circles in Italy which regarded the Triple AllianCe with hostility, or with little love, " will, nevertheless, have recognised that it forms a factor so strong and so important for the peace of Europe that, a country bent upon peaceful develop- ment, as Italy is, would commit a grave mistake if it left the old road and embarked upon a new policy, the workings and the outcome of which would be far less easy to measure than the peaceful development which has hitherto prevailed under the Triple Alliance." The journal, says the Times," goes so far as to hope that henceforward the community of purpose may find more definite outward' expression, and that Italy may entertain relations with her allies which will exclude ambiguities and misunderstandings." Comment on such words is quite unnecessary.
