Evening star., 1919-09-26
PRESIDENT |SF|RM
AS REGARDS F|UME
Rome Newspapers Announce
Receipt Of Decision Regard
ing New Proposals.
u. S. MARINES ACTIVE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. September 26-Premier
Nittf and Foreign Minister T1ttonf
will make declarations of their
policy in the chamber of deputies
tomorrow and ask for a vote OF
confidence I'm the government. ac-
cording to a dispatch to the Temps
from Rome. The entire ministry
will attend the session, the dis
patch adds.
ROME, September 26, via Paris
President Wilson's reply regarding the
new proposals for the disposition OF
Fiume has been received, the news
papers announced today, and was found
to insist upon his original view that
the city should be internationalized
and not annexed to Italy, becoming
the center of a small buffer state be-
tween Italy and Jugoslavia.
The President does not insist. &C
cording to the press, upon a pleoisclte
in the buffer state at the end OF nfteen
years, as at first proposed, and he cen
sents to the rectification of the eastern
the district of Albona.
PARIS, September 26.-American
naval forces have taken a hand In
eastern shore of the Adriatic, accord
ing to advices from Copenhagen.
United States destroyers, appearing
off the port of Trau when Italian SOL
diers attempted to force their way
into the town. brought the attack to
IL II IT, 4yypfr
hastily, it is said. One Italian armor-
ed car with it's crew of an officer and
three privates fell into the hands of
the Jugoslavs who were defending the
place, but the prisoners were taken
over by American marines and trans
ferred to an italian ship. Serbian
troops arrived at Trau soon after the
marines were put ashore, and the
town was turned over to them by the
marines, who returned to their ships,
according to report.
The crown council of Italy met yes
terday under the presidency of King
Victor Emmanuel, and the belief is
it a reply from President Wilson to
the Italian proposals intended to set
tie the problem of the disposition of
Fiume. Advices from Rome do not
indicate the nature of the reply, but
in Italian circles here it is said that
the proposals were rejected by Mr..
Wilson, who also threatened an eco
holding Fiume in defiance of the al
lied powers. American delegates
here would not discuss the report.
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D,Annsinzto Extends Lines.
Tiie b Dilsinanzio forces ii Fiume are
3said to have sextended their lines back
of the cityf so as to include high
ground straeegically necessary for the
defense of the city. The city of Sus-
SAX. which is really a part Of Fiume,
is to be taken over by Capt. D'Annun-
zio At present Sussak is occupied by
the queens brigade of the Italian
army. which has not Joined the in
surgents. Comparatively good order
prevails in the city, 1t is said. s
Statement by Foreign Minister.
ROME. Thursday. September z5.-
Tomasso Tittoni, foreign minister, de-
clared during the meeting of the
crown council today that the peace
conference would not permit Italy to
annex F'iume. because such action
would authorize the Czechoslovaks to
occupy Teschen, the Jugoslavs to
move forces into Klagenfurt, the
Greeks to claim Thrace and the Ru-
manians to annex Banat.
Denial Of Rumor.
ROME. September 26.-Reports that
Giovanni Giolitti, former premier, pro-
posed to the crown council yesterday
that Premier Nitti should dissolve
parliament on September %, after hav-
ing explained the situation, are de-
MED by the Gazetta del Popolo Of
Turin. The newspaper says:
"It is certain the government will
accept the proposition of Foreign Min
lister Tittoni that Capt. DAnnunzio's s
forces be replaced by regular troops"