Heads of state of the Central Powers and Triple Entente fish for Italy, hoping to lure her into war. Clockwise from lower left, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary dangles Ibiza and Savoy, France; Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany baits his hook with Tunisia in French North Africa. The lure of King George of the United Kingdom is Trieste, that of Marianne, personification of France, is Trentino, both in Austria-Hungary. Tsar Nicholas of Russia entices with the Adriatic Sea, Italy's eastern shore and home to Austria-Hungary's Navy.
Il PesciolinoVieni Pesciolino mio diletto, vieni . . . Deh! Vieni! Si vieni!The Little fishCome, my dear little fish, come. . .Ah! Come on! They come!
"Heads of state of the Central Powers and Triple Entente fish for Italy, hoping to lure her into war. Clockwise from lower left, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary dangles Ibiza and Savoy, France; Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany baits his hook with Tunisia in French North Africa. The lure of King George of the United Kingdom is Trieste, that of Marianne, personification of France, is Trentino, both in Austria-Hungary. Tsar Nicholas of Russia entices with the Adriatic Sea, Italy's eastern shore and home to Austria-Hungary's Navy."
Friday, March 5, 1915
1915
Italy, Tunisia, Savoy, Ivizza, Ibiza, Tsar Nicholas, Nicholas, Nicholas II, George, King George, Kaiser, Kaiser Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Kaiser Franz Josef, Franz Josef, neutral, neutrality, 1914, 1915, neutral Italy
Germany, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Great Britain, France, Trent, Trieste, Adriatic
