The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22
Soldiers Landed Near
BeIeaguered Adriatic City.
U. s. Ship in Harbor Ready To
Oppose d'Annunzio.
POET EXTENDS HIS CONTROL
Insurgent Forces Seize JugO.
SIav Territory.
Allied Ultimatum to Rebels Ex-
pired Sunday Night.
BULLETIN.


On Board President Wilson's Special
Train, Stockton, Cal, Sept. 22.-Altho
White House officials aboard Presi-
dent Wilson's train declined today to
discuss published reports OF a new
agreement for disposition of Fiume,
they indicated there had been no
change in the presidents position on
the subject.
Rome. Sept. 22.-American marines
have landed at Buccari, small town
on an arm of the Gulf of Quarnero.
about ten miles southeast of Fiume,
says a dispatch to the Messagero. One
American ship is in Fiume harbor, ac-
cording to advices. but the anchorage
Is considerable distance from the city.
General Badoglio's ultimatum to the
d'Annunzio soldiers. giving them until
Friday night to leave Fiume. is said
to have been modified so that the time
limit would expire last night, an addi-
tional As hours being given.
| Join Poets Forces.
| Fiume is closely invested. but. in
spite of this fact numbers of volun-
teers have managed to elude the vigil
lance of the guards and have Joined
the forces of Captain Gabrielle DAN
nunzio in the beleaguered city, accord
ing to reports received here. Personal
friends of Captain d'Annunzio have
sent word to him that they have sent
supplies to the city and express the
hope that ships bearing the stores may
run the blockade.
Reports reaching this city from
Fiume state that food for $4,000 per.
sons must be distributed there daily.
/ Spread into Jugo-Slavia.
Paris, Sept. 22.-Troops under Ga.
brielle d'Annunzio, the insurgent Ital.
ian commander at Fiume, have beer
extending their zone of occupation
into Jugo-Slav territory, accordint
to the Jugo-Slav delegation in Paris
: They penetrated seven miles int,
Jugo-Slavia on Saturday, occupying
the heights at Risniak, which dom
mate the surrounding country
The Jugo-Slavs did not clash will
the dAnnunzio forces executing thi
movement, the delegation stated.
Andrews Ordered Landing.
Washington, Sept. 22.-Landing o
party OF American marines at Buc
carl near Fiume. reported last nigh
in dispatches from Milan and Rome
undoubtedly was by order of Rear Ad
| niral Andrews. commander of tn
; mediterranean squadron. as the nav,
early today. had received no advice
on the subject Officials said Admira
= Andrews without question had au
thority to order landing party ashor
in event any American interests wer
endangered by the attempted forcibl
e annexation of Fiume to Italy by tn
d'Annunzio forces.
= AT the navy department. ii was sal,
that report probably would be forth
coming from Admiral Andrews within
= few days if the landing actually ha,
taken place.
e Daniels Back I'm Capital.
= Secretary Daniels returned to Wash
n ington last night after an absence o
= more than a month during which h
visited the Pacific coast and opene
the new drydock at Honolulu.
Hadn't Heard 1t.
London, Sept 22.-American nav
headquarters here. which is in direc
v communication with Adriatic port.
has no confirmation of the repor
from Rome last night that America
marines have been landed at Buccar
b near Fiume. Naval authorities her
are not inclined to credit the repo1
as there was no reason for the Unite
States to interfere.
2 The fact that an American ship
s in the harbor of Fiume is of no sis
8 nificance in the opinion of naval off
8 GERS.
y Jugo-Slavs' Drive Fails.
London, Sept. 22.-An attempt b
n Jugo-Slav forces to land on the Da'
= matian coast is reported in official di.
e patches reaching here regarding I'll
Adriatic controversy in which Fium
= is the storm center. The landing wa
n frustrated by the Italian naval an
: military authorities.
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