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Venezia Tridentina (Trentino and Alto Adige)

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Border between Trentino and Alto Adige

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Message dated December 14, 1917

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Thursday, July 16, 1914

"Marquis San Giuliano is sceptical of the diplomatic measures planned by Austria against Serbia. In his view they cannot lead to results. Even if Serbia yielded to Austrian demands, i.e., prohibited and dissolved Pan-Serb associations etc., the agitation would simply go underground. The would even be the case if Austria occupied Belgrade. National aspirations of such strength cannot nowadays be suppressed by force. It was the old Austrian mistake of believing in the omnipotence and effectiveness of the police in such national questions. Italian history of the last century was an example. The analogy of the situation was so striking that on those grounds alone Italians could not be expected to sympathize with the Austrian measures."

Quotation Context

Flotow, German Ambassador at Rome writing to German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg on July 16, 1914. Marquis San Giuliano was Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Neither Austria-Hungary nor Germany has spoken to Italy — their ally and third leg of the Triple Alliance — about their plans and impending war with Serbia. With large Italian populations in Trieste, Trentino and Alto Adige — all part of Austria-Hungary — there was much sentiment against the empire.

Source

The Origins of the War of 1914, Volume Two: The Crisis of July 1914 from the Sarajevo outrage to the Austro-Hungarian general mobilization by Luigi Albertini, page 228, publisher: Oxford University Press, publication date: 1952

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Trentino and Alto Adige, Italy, Trieste