The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-26
YANKEE:
MARINES
LANDED
Turn Town Over to Jugo-Slavs
After They Had Routed
italian Detach-
ment.
MADE HASTY RETREAT
Italian Crown Council In Session To-
day for Discussion of knotty
Problem of
Fiume.
MADE HASTY RETREAT

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
LONDON, Sept 26.-Two hundred
American marines landed at Trogir
(Trau) on the Dalmatian coast and
turned the town over to the Jugo-
Slavs after the latter had compelled
an Italian detachment to withdraw, a
News Agency dispatch from Copen-
hagen reported today. The dispatch
said that when a South Slav detach-
ment began an advance on Trogir, an
American destroyer entered the har-
Dor to compel retirement of the 1tal-
j::ns to the armistice line. The in
habitants opened fire on the Italians,
who retreated hastily, but the Ital-
ian commander and an armored car
with it's crew, were captured by the
sIays In the meantime two hundred
American marines, with machine guns,
landed in the town and took posses
sion of the prisoners. The town was
turned over to the Jugo-Slavs and the
Americans re-emjbarked.
Crown Council Meets.
IBy Camille ,Cianfarra, United fress
staff Correspondent
ROME Sept. 26.-The crown coun-
Gil, meeting to consider the Crisis
created at Fiume by Gabrielle Dan
nunzio, convened at 9;35 O'Clock ms
morning. An adjournment was taken
at noon and the session resumed at
o'clock, continuing until Z.
Baron Sonnino, former. minister,
and Signor Turati, socialist lcaGer,
were not present.
King Emmanuel presided az the
conference, sitting between Premier
Nitti and Foreign Minister Tiftonl.
Nitti was the first speaker, the Epoca
reported today. The premier is said
to have acquainted the council with
the facts in the governments Posses
sion. affecting the internal and
foreign situation. He also told OF
the nroblble economic and political
of the Fiume expedi-
ton.
Nitti was followed by the foreign
minister. who explained the latest
Italy had submitted TO
the peace conference and expressed
regret. according to the Epoca, that
President Wilson had not replied to
the Italian proposals.
Tittoni is quoted as saying that the
neace conference would hesitate to
recognize Fiume as a part of Italy,
after D'Annunzio's occupa-
tion of the city, for fear that Czecho
Slovakia would be inspired to take
drastic steps in her demands for
Tchschen, that Jugo-Slavia would act
similarly with regard TO Klagenfurl
and Radeskeberg, that Greece would
press her demands for Thrace and
Rumania would insist on her claims
to Banat. Tittoni is said to have
pointed out that such developments
as these inevitably would disrupt the
peace conference.
Signor Bonasi, president Of the SEN
ate. and Signor Macrow, head OF the
chamber OF deputies spoke next. Sig
nor Giolitti, former premier main
tanned that an election with the an
nexation of Fiume, as a part OF the
platform would check the agitation
over the question. Signor Salandra
also an ex-premier, opposed such a
step, declaring that under tho cir
cumstances an election would be dan
gerous and might LEAD to civil war.
Former Premier BissoIati and Sig
nor Federooni, nationalist leader, are
reported to have requested 1mmed1-
ate occupation of Fiume by regular
troODS.