Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-29

early touaS surrendered all his DOW
ers to the Ffumes communal council.
General Caviglia, commander of the,
regular italian forces, will arrange
the conditions of peace with q dele.
cation of the council today st
Rebel Ignored. esss
Fiume, Dec. 29.-(By the Associ-
ated Press.)--A conference for the
purpose of arranging the final cessa-
tion of hostiiities between the regu-
lar Italian forces of General Caviglia
and d'Annunzio's legionnaries, was
set for this norning. Meanwhile, all
military operations have been sus-
pended. q
! The truce was arranged during the
night and will s,s-tinue until the Seonl
clusion OF the conference. Mayor
Gigante of Fiume and Captain Host
! wenturi. in whose hands d'Annunxio
placed the defense OF the city, will be
the spokesmen for Fiume,s d d'Annunzio
apparently being ignored. s8
/ \ Dranitic Climax. ]sg
Seizure of the port OF Fiun1e in Ser
tember, 1919, by Gabrielle d'Annunzia
Italian poet-warrior, at the head OF
1 1900 volunteer grenadiers and ard1tii
was the dramatic climax to conaro-
| yersy reaching back to Tie treaty OF
London. concluded in the spring OF
1915 between Italy and the allied pow
ers, under which Italy entered the
war against the central powers.
The treaty assigned the part OF Ty-
rol south of the Brenner Pass MS wen
as, Trieste, Gorilla. Istria ana d Sec.
tion of the Dalmatian literal to Italy,
but gave Fiumc, the seaport OF Hun
gary, to Croatia. When the war end
ed. Italian National.sts, including
dAnnunzio. demanded that Fiume.
with its preponderant Ital IAN. popuia-
ton, should be given to Italy, II, act
that would have required the ireyision.
+, of the treaty of London. The ItalfanE.
however, invoked the principle; 81
self discrimination" enunciated by
4 President Wilson and pointed ito the,
TACT that the population OF E'iume,
upon the dissolution g ~ 4 As,ssl,s- ..
through their hat1onal co1nciis the
uhon OF Fiume with Italy.
l. Opposes Nainl.
Z Croatia. now a part of 5Juso- -SlaSia.
\ opposed the claim on the ground that
Sussak. an important suburb OF F,iume
and part of the city itself. was over
whelmingly Jugo-Slav. In addition
the Croatians charged that. whereas
Italy already had an excess of valuable
} ports, their country and the adjoining
lands needed Fiume as their only OUT
let to the sea. This position won
the support of President Wilson who
was subsequently denounced by dan
nunzio and his sympathizers as ri ht.
only obstacle to the realization III
ison's view, however. was shared by
: the British and Ere ench. ri
Backed by Italian public. opinion,
: the Italian delegation to the Paris
: peace conference, headed by Premier
1 Orlando and FOREIGN Minister Som
to- r,.~ s-1l
! In April. 1919. the crisis came 10 a
8 head when President Wilson threat-
ened to withdraw from the conference.
He issued a public statement sustain
!. ing the pact of London in SO far asst
:. related TO Fiume. Receipts OF the
l document in Italy precipitated numer-
l Gus anti-Wilson outbreaks in whici,
8 i d Annunzio took a leading part
9 Meanwhile. Orlando and Sonntno. qul,
e the Paris conference and returned &c
! Rome, where they were received with
g wild acclaim by the people. The
Italian chamber of deputies adopted
$ a vote Of confidence in the Orlando
e statesmen returned to Paris at ths
s Invitation of their colleagues and par
: ticipated iE. the negotiations and the
9 signing of the Austrian peace treaty. e
Ono OF the Causes.
" Failure to reach a satisfactor. solu.
!. ton of the Fiunse enlhroglto. however
r was one of the principal causss OF sthi
,l1 downfall of the Orlando ministry q,
= June 49, 1919, and it was succeeded
Iselection exasperated the Italian Ma
tionalists and was the foreEunner o
the d'Annunzio coup d'etat the fol
: lowing September.
Fiume at the time Of the entry o
Y the d'Annunzio forces. was under tn,
I Se rN~sS kAf
Of the Italian army. The general has
l., led strong detachment to the out
4 skirts of the city to intercept the in
a. vaders who had armored automobile
Z and were armed with machine guns
I. D'Annunzio met him with, the lsalutA
upon your bretllreng Bearing III
= breast.) Fire upon me! AZ this.
le was reported Pittalnga embraces
= d. dAnnunxio and the soldiers on bot
= sides set up the cry: viva Fiume
-4$Vive d'Annunxio!.' The d'AnnunIi
IN troops then entered the city
Z: Many Tragedies. Bss
q - VI The Is months that have e.apse
y y since the poet-warrior set himself ii
= Z as "a DICTATOR, have been filled M
=. =. tragic as welf as opera Oouife event.
ne Clashes between, the taltans an
.@( ugo-Slavs were frequent. DsAnnnn1i
g. proclaimed the annexation o. Faiml
=. to italy even while that country We
n appealing to the allied powers ~ wrei
!. s tho city from HIM Riots, atries
~ and fires were nuns erof1s and s3ssl
% United States cruisers O1yMhlA m
er rIPittsbnrgh: were sent 10 stAAS A41$A1s
esi fos prOtect American tutete ssaSs s;aSs ~
n fIuSo-H -Hlavs cut on sds AnniaNstAse
sppply and italian warAh tps blNck
A. Fipme from the -. 81 SsS
= ~ Annunsi PVT tl.e. SIS ri