The Glenwood post., 1919-10-18
Uscie Tets BED Tine Stsries
Current Events For the Children
and 0Eovn-ups, Too
7HB F1aHrrxa POET OF ITALY

coming up the street toward the houss.
They had been to the movies and were
talking. away, forgetting everything
around them, when their uncle ap-
peared at the front door and called:
"Hsse they come. Two ittle kid
dies returning from the wild and
weeay movies. 1 don't suppose you
want to hear . new fairy story, now
do youi"
81 dol" answered Ruth as she ran
up tho steps.
You know Pm always asking yoa
to toll US stories, Uncle Ted" was
Jacks answer.
can right then, III have to tell
you one before dinner tonight. Get
your wraps OF and we will go into
the front room where I've started a
nice fire in the fireplace
When they were all settled, Uncle
Ted in big arm chair, Ruth on one
arm Of the chair and Jack on the
floor, Uncle Ted began:
"once upon time, not so very long
ago, there was poet in far of Italy.
He ut in his window looking out over
the blue waters Of the Adriatic sea
and dreamed dreams and wrote very
beautiful poetry. Then the Great War
cams and his country joined with Bel
GUM, England and France to fight
Germany just as our country did later
on. He didn't dream 30 much then
for he joined the Italian army and
helped his country and the allies beat
Germany. After the war was over
men from all the fighting countries
met in Paris to make the peace treaty.
1t was then that President Wilson
started trying to decide matters for
every country in the world instead of
making peace with Germany for the
United States and then coming home
to attend to the important work here.
He said that every little country should
have the right Of self determination, ,
which meant that many little coun-
tries which have been included in 9th
or big countries should be allowed to
start a country Of their own. This
meant trouble fer all. A people callel
Hthusnians started fighting Russia
Poland started her own country. An
other country called Czecho- siova kia
was started and still another by peo-
pie called Jugoelavs. These Jugo-
Slavs are made up of Serbians and
some people from Austria Hungary
and other mixed races from that part
of the world"
Where was the poet all this timer"
asked Ruth, impatiently.
I'm coming back to the poet in
little bit. Now when the peace con-
ference got to the claims of Italy the
Italians said they must have a city
called Fume which had been captured
from them by Austria years ago. They
said the people in this city were Ital.
ians and that it should belong to them.
But President Wilson and some Others
Wouldn't let them have 1t and when
the treaty was signed Fiume was given
to Jugo-Slavia. This made some of
the Italians very angry, but most of
them got over it. But the poet didn 4
get over 1t. He said, "Fiume is Ital.
Ian and Italy must have it, So he
called for volunteers and almost over
night he had an army and navy Of
Italians with him. With the poet in
the lead they went right over to Fiume,
captured it and stayed there. The
poet, whose name is Gabriel D'Annun.
sio, was 90 successful that other lead.
ers have started from Italy to take
Possession Of other places near Fiume
on what is called the Dalmatian coast.
This whole business may mean bad
war because Italy will not only have
the Jugo-slav troops against her, but
the allies in addition because she has
broken the peace treaty.
els the United States going to get
into iti" asked Jack.
"'The United States has already got.
ten mixed up in it," answered Uncle
Ted, "and some of the big senators in
washington are angry about it and de-
mand an explanation. We got mixed
up in 1t this way: When it was
learned that the Italian forces were
going past Fiume and trying to take
other towns below, Rear Admiral An
drews, who is commanding the Ameri
can naval forces in the Adriatic, re-
ceived orders from Great Britain 10
land U. 8. marines on this coast at
place called Trau to assist the Jugo-
olavs in driving out the Italians. The
Aavy department in Washington gives