aid in the Landtag in 1906: "We,
separated from Italy by the whole Adriatic--we a few thousand men,
scattered, with no territorial links, among a population not of hundreds
of thousands but of millions of Slavs, how could we think of union with
Italy?" And Dr. Ziliotto was one of those who always regarded himself as
an Italian. But whether the Zadar Autonomists were sincere or not when
Austria ruled over them, the large majority of them hung out Italian
colours after the War, and in this they were undoubtedly sincere,
although the motives varied; in some it was the love of Italy, in some
it was ambition and in some a thirst for vengeance.

[Although both Yugoslavs and Italians criticize the Austrian figures, it
is probable that they are pretty accurate. The census of 1910 gave for
Dalmatia: 610,669 Serbo-Croats, 18,028 Italians, 3081 Germans and 1410
Czecho-Slovaks. The Autonomist party claimed that they were not 18,028
but 30,000; and that 150,000 persons in Dalmatia speak Italian. But the
Orlando-Sonnino Government really did try its utmost to improve these
figures. At the end of November 1918 the Italians, who had charge of the
police at Constantinople, put up notices asking all Austrian subjects
from Dalmatia to inscribe themselves with the authorities and thus
receive protection. In addition to the ordinary large Yugoslav
population, the Austrian army was still there, and two of its officers,
in uniform, inscribed themselves. The Italians had to endure not a few
rebuffs, for they applied to people at their houses--they had found the
nationality lists at the police offices. The Dutch were looking after
Yugoslav interests, but received no instructions.]

WHAT THEY DID THERE

It was thought at Zadar that the Italians would be followed in the
course of days by the other Allies. Anyhow the Yugoslavs were in no
carping spirit; about 5000 of them assembled to greet the Italian
destroyer; they were, in fact, more numerous than the Italians. And
perhaps one should record that on this memorable occasion--it was at an
early hour--Dr. Ziliotto had to complete his toilette as he ran down to
the quay. Soon the Italian captain, shouldered by the crowd, was
flourishing two flags, the Italian and the Yugoslav--although his
country had, of course, not recognized Yugoslavia. For a little time it
was the colour of roses, and the worm that crept into this paradise
seems to have been a Japanese warship in whose presence each of the