Evening star., 1919-07-20
The New City and
the Old First Set
Elements and the
Roman Occupation.
In the Market. Place
and Along the Boule-
wards. !

wards. !
white or iridescent at the waters
edge.
during tho winter months the
Chloggia boats ply to and fro in the
Quarnero like flocks of bright -plum-
aged birds. They come in great mum.
bers across the Adriatic from the lit
tie town in Venetia, bearing their
cargoes of fish into the market of
Flume, their multi-colored sails, dec
GRATED with suns and crosses, enliv-
ening the bay and flashing back from
the glass of the waters below.
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Straight before the steamer lies
Fiume, with it's tiled roofs and its
spires of light blue smoke ascend
ing from the center of the city against
background Of rugged and precipi-
tous hills. At the outbreak Of the war
Fiume was prosperous city of be-
tween 10000 and 10000 inhabitants,
about IS per cent of whom were Ital-
'seA'' pei SCll OldV anu Id per cent
Magyar and other races. If one is IA
miliar with Italian cities across the
Adriatic. as soon as he has landed in
Fiume he recognizes the predominant
ing influence of the Italian popula-
tion. Probably more than 70 per cent
OF the Inhabitants speak Italian, the
Italian of Venice. and so predominant
ing Is the influence of this tongue
that the Slav which one hears is
greatly mixed with Italian words and
roots. The Italian and Croatian els-
ments hold aloof from each other in
tense antipathy and the friction
which exists between the two races
sometimes breaks out into open strife
and bloodshed.
But although the italian race is
prevalent the visitor needs only to
walk along the business streets. ouays
and IN the market places to discover
that. Fiume holds one of the most in
teresting racial mixtures in Europe.
Not only Italy, but the whole Balkan
peninsula, Hungary. Austria and coun-
tries even farther north. seem to
have contributed portions of their
population to the city. A certain Wild
ness of the near east Is intermingled
with the western commercial life in a
setting that is typical-ancient tow
ers and dwellings with their century
old traditions standing in the midst
OF a modern city with it's railroads.
electric lines, banks and business Of
fees.
The Corso, two blocks from the
quay, is the 5th avenue Of Fiume the
faVorite street of promenade. Unlike
some or the streets. it Is wide, but
IKE most or them 1t is very clean and
ls wen hgnted at night In it are the
Tore di Citta. or municipal building.
with its fine old clock tower, once an
ancient fortifcation, the postal and
other governmental Offices, one of the
important banks and the most FASH
lohaDle shops. The buildings, follow.
ing the European style. are not high.
ana those exceeding four or five sto-
rles are rare. The shops. though
small. are interesting
Ihere are numerous piazze, or
squares. in Fiume. The Piazza del
Tribunal, near the Corso. attracts
Inc attention with it's monumental
well and statue Of Francis Joseph
of Austria. the Credit Bank and the
offices of the Adria, the great Adriatio
steamship company. A large number
of modern institutions are grouped in
this vicinity. and farther along upon
the hill the Capuchin convent; tho
Fenice theater, the library the normal
school for girls, the governors
palace. built in the sumptuous style
of the renaissance; the school Of
commerce. the barracks, the nautical
academy. There is also the royal
military y-marine academy. surrounded by
parks and promenades. paced here
md there by a watchful sentinel, and
oned to the public gardens and the
Piazza d'Armi. The government has be-
slowed great care upon this institution
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