The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-27
.DAN1VU7NZIO SHOT
PROBABL YBYSELF'
Their Demonstration Makes
Trouble for Mad Poet and
His Legionnaires.

Milan, Dec. 21.--U. NJ. s,)--oa.
vvrIoiv DAnnunxlo, leader or the
ns. oross holding tIunns, has either
suicide. according 70 q report re-
oe,ved from, rIune today. The re.
pert 10 offielaiiy confirmed.
The general Offensive of III,
Carabinieri against the legionnaires de.
lending Flume began Friday Afternoon
a. o'clock, the regulars quickly 90.
SSupying Mont Luban. Mont Guardia ar(
ci. Mont Srande on the outskirts Of the
The fighting at these places wa,
iairiy spirited and the casualties were
pus az eisnt killed and thirty wounded
Carabinieri or regulars, Learned that htt
the city had been mined and decided
70 proceed with great caution. Ths
prluEes over the Oneo river ana the
roads leading into Fiume had beer
In the meantime the garrison IN
rune was preparing for a vigorous
defense of the city.
Refused Peace Offers.
From the governors palace, DAM
nunzio himself directed the defensive
measures. He refused to listen fo
peace nyertures. A noncomnnission Al
oiicer and a private who had been sent
INTO Flume as peace messenRers were
seized by the legionnaires and nut To
Seatn. AZ midnight Friday night the
nrst Phase OF the battle of Fiume ended
ana Gen. Cavliglia announced that
there would be truce until Sunday.
sunday morning the advance was re-
newed with the Carabinieri under or
ders to take the city.
-, A fleet cruised back and forth before
tne entrance to the Fiume harhor
awaiting orders to enter. Dor
In addition to meeting attacks from
the regulars the legonnaires Of Dan.
, nunzio had their troubles in Finnna
Many citizens united In demonstra-
ton In favor Of surrender. and the
leaders were arrested.
Fiume was occupied BY D'Annun zio
In September. 1919
dictionaries Seized.
Paris. Dec. 27.--(A. P.)--Fiunne
legionaries and Dalmatian volunteers
az zara hive surrendered to lillian reg
capture Italian warship Marsals. The
volunteers boarded the vessel, but the
crew resisted and seized twenty-seyer,
OF the legionaries. landing them All
Ancon. says z Havas dispatch.
iron Ring About Elurne.
London. Dec. 27.--Itaiian government
troops were today believed to be slowly
put 1nexorably closing the iron ring
around Fiume, where D'Annunzio and
ms Ilttie force of legionaries were be-
SSosou. hepoTts from the city have
been meager, but 1t Appeared that the
soldlers had forced the DAnnungio
INES back into the outskirts of the city
and that the fall Of the city Nigh, not
be delayed long. w.
Land and sea forces arrayed' against
DAnnunzio began to move forward To-
ward the. city yesterday, and advices in
reduced the ieglonaries in FI,ime a. n g,
almost hopeless position. The land asi-
vance was made from three directions
and did not encounter any resista nee
Ihe DAnnunzio soldiers fell back as
the government troops moved ahead.
ana II was declared the poet soldier
had directed his officers not to open Are
on the advancing forces until he had
personally given orders to that effect.
The italian regulars were understood
TO. have been under orders not to fire
unless they were compelled to do so.
Ship Sunk In Harbor.
The destroyer Espero, which recently
Joined Gabrielle D'Annunzio's navy.
at Fiume, was sunk in the harbor at
Ffume today by the warship Andrea
Doria. the flagship OF the fleet block
aiding Fiume on the sea side.
Italian regulars who advanced into
the city during the night. today were
1000 yards from the governors palace
the headquarters of D'Annunzio.
Efforts to confirm the rumor thar
p'Annunzio has either been wounded or
committed suicide have been unseccess-'
full. M n