In the Italian Chamber on Wednesday the Marquis di San
Giuliano, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, explained the renewal of the Triple Alliance. "In the form in which it is drawn up," he said, " it guarantees all our interests. There was, therefore, no motive for modifying it." He added that as a matter of fact none of the Allies had asked for modifica- tions. Another passage in the speech referred to Albania. Austria-Hungary and Italy, whose relations were now "very intimate and cordial," had agreed, he said, upon the essential lines of a solution. The equal interest of Austria-Hungary and Italy in Albania was recognized, and the principle they accepted was that of neutralizing Albania under the guarantee of the Great Powers. Albania would live its own life in security while serving as a factor in the Balkan equilibrium, and its markets would be free to the whole world.
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