The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1919-09-26
Peace Conference Devises Plan
for Settling the Problem Of
the kdriatic.
D'ANNuNzIo'S FIuME RAID
Baltic States and Russian eolshevists
Talking Peace-President Wilson
Explains Application Of League
Covenant to Shantuno and
Irish Questions.
ev EDWARD W. PlcKARD.

While D'Annunzio held possession OF
Tiume after his spectacular raid on
that disputed city. the peace confer
ence in Paris got busy and announced
it's solution of the entire Adriatic
problem. 1t is a compromise plan de-
signed to satisfy both Italy and Jugo-
S,avia. and it was cabled to America
to he submitted to President Wilson.
This compromise settlement provides
that Fiume shall be free state and
that its harbor shall be free port;
that the Jugo-Slavs shall have all OF
the Dalmatian mainland except the
city of Zara. which shall he a free
port. and most of the Dalmattan
islands: that AvlOna and the surround
ing territory shall be under Italian
sovereignty. and that Italy shall re-
ceive mandate for all of Albania ex.
cept the Epirus. in the extreme south.
which shall go to Greece. Both Italy
and Jugo-Slavia make concessions un-
der this plan. and it is believed that
it will enable Fiume ultimately to be-
come part of Italy-a consummation
which the American peace delegation
was able to prevent during the treaty
negotiations.
D'Annunzio's seizure of Fiume was
decidedly embarrassing to the 1tal.
ian government. TO use force against
him was plainly out Of the question.
for the sympathies of the nation were
| with him, despite the fact that he and
his troops were technically mutineers.
However. the government did take
steps looking toward blockade of Fl.
ume by land and sea in the expecta-
ton that the poet-soldier's army would
| he soon starved into submission. and
in this measure the Jugo-Slavs COOP
Grated by cutting off all supplies by
| land. D'AnnunziO had about 10000
regulars and four battalions Of vol
unteers under his command. and Oc-
cupied fortified line around the city.
It was reported that he was prepared
to raze Fiume If he could not hold
out, and that in this he was support
ed by the citizens.
! Naturally, the Germans We're watch
ing this affair with great interest. and
| tuC uV"S tlldtI luC uoo VNSluVu
it was to be handled by Italy alone
was looked on by them as significant
for some of them We're contemplating
the possibility Of similar raid on
Danzig. They figured that If the ex'
pressed will of the allied peace con.
ference could he defied in one place
It might be defied in another.
In Hungary the allies are gradually
bringing the situation around to theil
own way, for the Roumanians. it Is
announced. are Withdrawing theil
troops and have promised to restore
the materials they had conffscated
Prime Minister Friedrich Of Hungary
1t is expected. will quit. and coali
tion cabinet will be recognized by the
allies.
The representatives Of the Baltic
states are holding. or about to hold
conferences with the Russian bOlshe
visits. with the prospect that peace be
tween them will he arranged. Wheth
er this is with the tacit consent of thu
allied nations is not clear. At an,
rate. the White Russians are desper
ately fighting against such an outcome
for It would mean their destruction
by the Reds. The German troops II
the Baltic states. commanded by Gen
eral Won der GOltz. are increasing II
numbers and are very active. TIL,
Berlin government. in response to tn,
demand Of the peace conference tha
they be withdrawn. said they wer,
not under German control. but thi.
plea the conference refused to allow
The Russian soviet government assert,