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Italy and Germany Nenrinfs War
NLY ono move now remains before Italy j
^ and Germany will bp at war. An Italian
decree issued Thursday proclaims that all the ,
allies of Austria are to bo treated as enemies
ana their subjects and goods liable to seques
tration. Heretofore, Italy and Germany have ^
been, theoretically, at peace and reciprocal i
arrangements for the protection of their re
spective subjects existed up to a few days
ago. With all friendly relations virtually at i
an end and the arrest of German subjects ;
imminent, the one move necessary must soon
be made by the very momentum of the j
situation.
If Great Britain keeps fooling with black
lists. she may find that two can play at that
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Here's Another Mystery
NE of our correspondents, whose letter ;
_ appears on this page to-day. finds it im- j
possible to understand why daily collections
of garbage would increase tbo burden now
placed on the city incinerators. To this cor
respondent's mind it seems obvious that
whether collections are made once a day or
once a week, the total will be the sam^
That, we confess, is our own view. Per
haps what the Superintendent of the Street
Cleaning Department meant was that if the
garbage is left long enough in householders'
yards, they will throw it into the alleys or
streets, or get rid of it in some other way
that will save the department trouble. Or.
perhaps, having started on the road to de
composition, it reaches the end of that mal
odorous journey before the collector comes
round.
Despite the "victory", it won off the coast
of Jutland, the German fleet shows no
anxiety to repeat the triumph.
