From the Stampa, Dec. 5, 1914:

Austria, before the war, disclaimed any intention of occupying Serbia, and her declaration cannot be disregarded by Italy, whose relations with Austria have been always conditional on the maintenance of the Balkan status quo, which Austria now threatens to alter.  The Italian Government cannot ignore this condition, especially as during the Libyan war Austria menaced Italy, unless she desisted from bombarding the Albanian coast.  Thus the Serbian situation may constitute a new factor.

From the Corriere della Sera, Jan. 31, 1915:

Italy’s true policy is to come to a friendly agreement with the Slavs, which will guarantee their mutual interests.  Italy wants a national settlement in the Balkan Peninsula, independent of the great powers.  In no circumstances can Italy bind her lot to Austria-Hungary’s policy.

BRITISH PROTECTORATE OVER EGYPT.

From the Idea Nazionale, Dec. 19, 1914:

The British Government’s act merely sanctions a situation already existing in fact since 1882.  In our governing circle it is not thought that the change of regime in Egypt will occasion, at least for the time being, any great modifications in public law in relation to the international statutes regulating the position of foreigners in Egypt.

From the Tribuna, Dec. 20, 1914:

The Mediterranean agreement, in which Italy, too, has taken part, implicitly recognized the actual status England had acquired in Egypt.  Now the war has demonstrated the judicial incongruity of a Turkish province in which and for which the English had to carry out warlike operations against Turkey.  The protectorate already existed in substance, and Great Britain might now even have proclaimed annexation.

From the Giornale d’Italia, Dec. 19, 1914:

Great Britain had for some months been preparing this event, which legally regulates a situation which has existed in fact.  The present situation has been brought about without any disturbance, like everything that England does, in silence, neatly and without disturbing any one.  Nobody can be astonished at Great Britain’s declaration of a protectorate over Egypt.

THE DARDANELLES.

From the Giornale d’Italia, March 7, 1915:

It will be extremely difficult for Italy longer to remain neutral.  The attack by the allied fleet on the Dardanelles has brought up three great problems affecting Italian interests.  The first of these problems is the new rule to allow Russia access to the Mediterranean through the Dardanelles; the second concerns the equilibrium of the Balkans, and the third the partition of Asiatic Turkey, which affects the equilibrium of the Eastern Mediterranean.  It is impossible for Italy to keep out of the solution of such problems unless she be satisfied to see not only the powers of the Triple Entente settle these affairs according to their interests, but also the small but audacious and resolute nation, Greece.