Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-30
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h1ume, sunday, sept. 28.-(Vla
Vienna. )-(By the Associated Press.)
Finme is ablaze with flags. her
streets are filled with marching SOL
diers and her air. is vibrant with the
confidence felt by the men, who, un-
der the command Of Captain Gabrielle
d'Apnunzio, marched into the city
and still firmly holds it.
Italy's flag, with that of the city of
Eiume, predominate. the only foreign
banner being the French tri-color
floating over the French naval head
words, Viva Italia" and Captain
d'Annunzio's slogan, "Fiume or
Death" mingle with the red, white
and green of Italy and the violet blue
and yellow of Fiume.
The correspondent reached Fiume
last night from Trieste, being buried
in the coal in the tender of a loco
motive for the last part of the journey
to avoid guards along the way.
Soldiers are everywhere in the city.
: Motor trucks lurch' through the
/ streets carrying men from one point
to- another and hundreds of troops
J, may be seen at any hour marching
with the greatest precision and with
:he strictest military discipline. Men
from .all restnaents; arms and
branches Of the service seem to be e
veterans, ,.of the great war, a majority
Of the smen wearing three or four
4 aeryicS as, we'll as those. indi-
eating sthey, volunteered for the fight
I'M ;hesp. One ltAnte1iAnt on the staff
Of Captain a snnufs DO wears six
wpHfds sStff3 pes. Whfle fnias d 9 Z tsdar
fcas soss s9,ve stripes Sc fssansntly met: .a
are est tlblished ansthe governer's pail
ace rwlitSh 4haS been converted into a
SVeritab4e stan building, filled. with
dtferents departments.
Displayed in the streets are M the
arms OF the most important cities sof
Italy, while in the Piazzadante, the
real center Of F,iunne, is d painting Of
wearing, his i've rows of. decorations.
PortraitaF Of King Victor Emmanuel,
General Diaz, commander in chief OF
the Italian armies and Giuseppe
Garibaldi, the immortal Italian. pa
tri1t, are shown everywhere. There
ID Srno evidence of traffic in the harbor.
The Italian dreadnaught Dante Ali
ehiere is anchored within fifty yards
81 the water front, while three de-
.stroyerss occupy positions in docks.
< !. Although no news is reaching the
city from the: outside world. the
Italians here. are, confident Of winning
their fight. There seems to be plenty
OF food. Bread which is not served
in other parts Of Italy is on festau-
rant tables and H. displayed in large
quantities, although prices are high.
The city has an air OF business and,
dcspite sthe presence Of thousands OF
Soldjers, the citizens are performing
their daily work. as. il that city were
not attracting. the attention of. the
whole world.
Riding, slowed away IN the coal.
the correspondent succeeded.in evad-
inx a strong Gordon Of carabineefs
which travelled on the train to prevent
anyone from making his way into the
city. The correspondent kept himself
buried in the.coal from the time the
train loft Giordano until It reached
Fiume, although nearly suhocated
with coal and oil.5 Once 0. twice the
correspondent lifted his head above
the coal. the hrst time being near
Abbasta, where he say the outlines OF
.Hes know he had at last reached
FiHine whom he again looked out and
saw The lighthouses throwing their
,beSuiS across the! harbor. Deep 81
+ iSnce brooded over the city as the
4 train slowly made It's way into the
stKtioH, There the correspondent
i A1tGhfed and found, several volunteer
s6idtsrs, who also had managed to
d avoid the earahineers
when the engineer and trainmen
Y saws the men they had brought into
the city they laughed heartily and
& shouted viva F1ume." Viva dan
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