Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-27
CIVIL WAR FACES
ITALY OVER F|UME
NationaIists and MiIitarists May
Take Field Against
Socialists 7.
900, 900 MEN ON STRIKE


are current in this city, one of them
being that civil war is imminent. ON
one side would be ranged the nationalist
and militarist factions. which would be
opposed by the socialists.
Several generals are credited with
the intention of heading the mlitarist
factions with view TO controlling the
government, it being said that they be-
lieve the weakness Of those in power
since the armisticc caused the present
deadlock. Some of these generals have
already been mentioned as being in
league with Captain Gabrielle DAN
nunzio before the Fiume raid. with the
object of ovcrthrowing by force the
Nitti cabinet and replacing it with
military dictatorship.
The navy is represented as being even
more dissatisfied than the army. havG
ing, according to naval officers state
ments. suffered more from the lack of
consideration Of their Anglo French
colleagues, who have acted as If they
were masters of the Adriatic and have
favored Jugo- Slav claims
Socialist Agitators Busy
Workmen numbering approximately
l,OO0,OO0 are on strike, and dssatisfac-
ton is growing everywhere at the con-
stantly Increasing cost of living. 1t is
impossible for the government to call
any men to the colors, especially after
having recently pardoned all desertcfs
under the proclamation of amnesty.
Strenuous efforts are being made by
oflclal Socialists to reach an under
standing between the workmen and SOL.
diers. They are urging the latter to
refuse to obey either their officers or
the government. and they thus hope to
organize i'll Italy workmen's and SOL
diers' committees which would lead to
the formation of soviets and an up
heaval of the whole social order.
The council of the chamber Of labor
has passed n resolution in opposition
to the formation of mlitarist govern
ment. The resolution says:
The proletariat will descend into the
streets, build barricades and give UP.
their lives rather than fall into the
rapacious claws of the military"
Statement on Fiume Coming
Foreign Minister Tittoui is expected
to make statement before the chamber
Of deputies today of the government
policy regarding the occupation Of
Fiume by Gabrielle D'Annunzio and his
irregular troops. The King has re-
ceived an appeal for support from
D'Annunzio.
Two resolutions have been introduced
in the chamber, one providing for .he
annexation of Fiume without awaiting
the decision of the peace conference.
and the other affirming the right of
Italy to guarantee Italian nationality.
in Fiume.
The NIessaggero says that if the
chamber gives Premier Nitti vote of
confidence. the chamber of deputies
will be dissolved and elections held in
November.
Washington. Sept. 2T.-Possibility of
reaching a settlement of the conflicting
claims of Italy and Jugo Slavia to Fl
ume on the basis of the compromise
laid before President Wilson
has, in the opinion of diplomatic circles
here. been removed by the bold stroke
of D'Annun2io in seizing the Adriatic
port.
Paris. Sept. 2T.-Captain Gabrielle.
d Annunzio, whose sensational raid on
Fiume brought about serious complica.
tions in the Adriatic, has written an
appeal to the French, the text of which
is printed today by Excelsior. 1t be-
gins:
Brothers Of France. you know what
we have done under the inspiration and
protection Of our God. The most Ital-
ian of the towns of Istria, today more
Italian than Verona. Pisa and Perugia.
was lost to us under the menace Of
ordinations and Violations"
The proposal to create n buffer state
with Fiume as its center will be resisted
forcibly by Gabrielle d 'Annunzio and his
men, he told the correspondent of the
Excelsior.
81 will oppose by force of arms any
attempt to distrub the entity of Istria
or Fiume," the newspaper quotes Dan.
lunzio as saying. Italy is not i'm
perialistic and will decide her own des-
:iny. The decision of the Peace Con-
ference to recognize Italian suzerainty
Of Fiume, but simply in connection with
the little buffer state of Istria, is i'm
possible. The whole army is with me,
md if it is appealed to it will respond.
am accomplishing a national act"