Evening star., 1919-09-29
ITALIAN DEPUTIES
WOULD HOLD F|UME
Chamber Session at Which
Demand Is Made Marked
by Rioting.
CONFIDENCE IN NlTTI

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, September ga resolution
demanding that Fiume be made an
Italian city has been adopted by the
Italian chamber Of deputies. accord
ing to Information received by the
Italian delegation here.
(Havas).-During the session Of the
italian chamber Of deputies in Rome
yesterday a considerable number Of
troops was concentrated around the
center of the city and on the main
streets leading to it. According to the
Rome correspondent of LIE Journal,
the city may be said to be under mar
tial law.
Premier Gets Vote Of Confidence.
ROME, September % (by the As
sociated Press) Nitti was
given a vote of confidence by the
chamber of deputies, which continued
in session last night. The govern
ment received 20S votes to 14S.
Debate in the chamber of deputies
was interrupted today by a free fight
which lasted ten minutes and in
which about 100 deputies participated.
The opinion is expressed in some
quarters that the cabinet as a result
OF the riotous incident may decide to
resign rather than plunge the coun-
try into a struggle during the general
election. 1t is asserted that the fight
in the chamber indicates what would
occur in the country.
The chamber adjourned tonight until
Wednesday. when it will decide whether
a vote shall be taken on the question
of discussing the peace treaties.
Nf ho fyI1t in hn
chamber several challenges to fight
duels were announced between depu-
ties and between deputies and journal
lists.
Riotous Scenes Follow Discussion.
A prolonged heated discussion pre-
ceded the riotous scene. The members
Of the parliamentary league insisted
upon asking the government whether
it intended to discuss the treaties be-
fore adjournment. Premier Nitti an
swered that he would first have vote
Of confidence and then whatever cabi-
net should be in power would decide
what should be done. Thereupon men,
hers of the parliamentary league in
vaded the ministers bench shouting and
gesticulating.
A party of socialists then rushed
from their seats and faced their ad-
versaries. the group soon engaging in
fisticuffs.
Premier Nitti, who had left the
government benches. returned to his
place when the disturbance had
with applause.
Pleads for Amity With Allies.
ROME. Saturday, September 81 (by
the Associated Press).-Italy must re.
m a n n n " wit =
Tomasso Tittoni. the foreign minister
in the course of his speech today ir
the chamber dealing with the situa-
tion growing out of the Fiume Incl.
dent, in which he offered to resign in
favor of any member who believed hi
could handle the problem better.
The foreign minister had gone oveI
the course of the peace negotiations
at Paris, paying particular attention
to the status Of President Wilson in
the peace activities and pointing out
that the Italian delegates had had to
adopt an attitude Of compromise be-
cause while France and Great Britain
they had avoided going beyond the
point in which they would have come
into conflict with President Wilson.
italian Delegation Criticised.
Deputy Don CollonnaS di CeSarO, q
nationalist, strongly criticised what
he referred to as the submissive atti-
tude of the Italian delegation at the
peace conference AS to the council
of four, he declared, where three OF
the members spoke English while
Premier Orlando did not understand
word, he resembled another figure,
mot between two, but among three
thieves"
The majority of the members in the
chamber and the government repre-
sentatives protested against this COM
parison.
mo formula will be acceptable
which does not give Fiume to Italy,"
the deputy concluded.
The socialists interrupted with cries
of Italy does not want another war
and 1.-The soldiers will desert"
Declares Town Is Mined.
Deputy Eugenio Chiesa,> who had just
returned from a visit to Fiume, fol-
lowed with a fiery speech advocating
the annexation of Fiume. '.Fiume is
mined" continued Deputy Chiesa; ats
harbor is mined. it's historic tower
it's city hall are mined; its beloved
churches are mined and all its houses
If any dominion dares impose itself
upon the city except that Of Italy it
will find not town, but heap OF
ruins"