The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-05-03

rune, as well as other sections of the Dalma
an coast that rocky stretch Of country that Is lc
cated on the Adriatic shore opposite Italy
LII. Antonio Grossich. acting president of tn
ine International council. a political groul
elected by the citizens of italian descent in tn
.o"n directly accused the French of backing tn,
Juso-Slavs. while Vice Admiral Cagnt Of tn,
Italian navy, commanding the port of Pola. few
miles up the coast from Fiume repeated the accu
sation and strengthened it.
The Jugo-Slavs." Admiral Cagn said, "are peo
pies that formed large portion of the old Aus
trian army. They remained faithful to Austria
until the final defeat. They fought Italy to the
last ditch. Now these same troops are being
armed by the French, against Italy We under.
stand the move perfectly"
Other Italian officials of lesser rank renaated
the assertion In one form another
This, in brief was the kernel of the problem
not only of Ffume. but of most of the lands along
the Balkan side of the Adratic No one. except the
most impressiopable pretended 10 believe the sim
alton would develop into real war. The solution
was TO be some kind of compromise to be made
at the peace conference.
Thomas Nelson Page American ambassador of
Rome, was Of the opinion that satisfactory COM
promise solution could be arrived at But he as
serted that, in his belief the Italian people wouId
fight for what they considered their rights in case
the Italian claims to the eastern Adriatic shore
were ignored.
The ambassador did not mean that the peace
conference would award Italy every inch of lands
claimed in this region. Other American diplomats
who were familiar with the problem expressed yir-
tualy the same beef-that Italy is entitled TO a
very fair consideration of her Istrian and Dalma
tian claims but that these claims Will probably
not be fully awarded
There was some talk in semioffieial quarters Of
an internationazed FiumeAa kind of free port
serving Hungary the Balkans and the Isfrfsn nom
insula is the transshipment of overseas freight
Prize Worth Seeking.
Ffume is a prize worth striving for Whatever
flag finally flies from its government Offices will
wave over town famous for the beauty of fts
bindings and the amplitude OF its docking f.cfIf
ties.
At a cost of more than 100000 the Hun
rarfans built magnificent stone wharves along
nearly half mile OF waterfront, where the big
oeean-gofng ships can tie up and unload The
docks face the principal business street Of the
CITY On the one hand you have forest of masts
and 800 feet away. across paved street is vista
of stone business houses and hotels
I'm the city there are 5000 people hundreds of
whom speak seven languages q matter of every
Law routine Italian French. German, Hungarian
md English are the principal tongues. The other
languages are the more common tongues of the
Balkan states including the Croatian-
The Italian tongue, however, is admittedly the
common Language of Fiune, for the reason that
M iority of the citizens claim Italian ancestry
The MAYOR of the town claims that 10000 of the
q GRO inhabitants are Italian and pointed TO the
oct TINT the schools OF the city are Italian, as
Ill nc the inscriptions CT 80 nar cent of the
80 restones. All of which be considered fair
roof of the Italian character of the place. which
"A heen preserved through centuries OF Austrian
lle.