The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-23
D'ANNUNZIO REFUSES
TO ACCEPT TREATY
Declines to Agree to Fiume
Settlement Completed at
RapallO.
BIZ the Associated Press.

FIUME, Nov 81 (delayed) Gabrielle
d'Annunzio declared to-day he was I'M
alterably opposed to accepting the treaty
of Rapallo and that he would continue
Sighting until the just claims of Italy
were net.
"I will not yield. / will cede nothing y
declared d'Annunzio to the correspondent.
Il am fighting a just fight and | Will
continue until the Italian aspiration is
fulfilled Friends may abandon me. I
will stand firm. l am Gideon. Let those
whose courage fails them desert me.
There remain the brave with Gideon,
and Gideon's braves VIII conquer.
II am alone Even those nearest to
re show signs of weakness. L must lift
up their hands and guide hem Through
all this anguish of fourteen rlonths
have stood the test. / have resisted in
the face of seemingly unconquerable
obstacles all intrigues, threats and
pressure. Now when the final test
comes to Italy to reject or accept this
unjust treaty 1 find go few strong men,
strong enough to stand out for Italy's
rights. Even my friend Milo, overcome
by the entreaties of Rome. vacillates and
does not stand firmly by our sworn word.
THE Italian Government is sending
representatives here daily to treat with
me- They come with their promises and
offers in an effort to make me yield. l
laugh at such corruption as this. The
Italian Government Is full of corruption.
cunningly conceived. 1t is worse than
tears.
These ENJOYS entreat me to leave
Fiume and desert Dalmatia. They say.
To you is triumph. to you is honor. you
are the hero of the hour, you will be
received in Rome in triumphant celebra-
ton as savior and liberator'
II am deaf to their batteries. They
have come with offers of all the honors
the Government is capable of bestow-
ing
"Honors, positions and decorations
are nothing to me. They cannot weaker
me with these empty entreaties. They
may say that l am receiving money for
staying. A franc a day Is all that 1 re-
ceive. There Is documentary proof Of
It, for ! am commander and Foreign
Minister. For these two positions / do
not receive one cent. All that I receive
Is one franc daily as a private soldier
in the grenadiers. Every six days the
paymaster brings me my six francs.
Thirty francs a month--not cent more
do / receive.
IT meet my personal expenses purely
ny the sale of manuscripts, for which l
am glad to say my agents are able to
get good prices. But even my income
from these now is decreasing. because l
have such little Tina in which to write.
/ live magnificent. noble life, unpol-
lrted by corruption, chastened by sacri-
fee.
so many people in Italy have been
advising me to yield that It seems as
ii Italy at this moment wants TO accept
these proposals OF Rapallo. The
Italian people to-day are perplexed and
confused because of the intrigues and
corruption which their leaders have been
working upon them. IN two months you
Will see that the Italian people will re-
turn TO my standard. In two months
the people will be glad that have re-
sisted and stood out against the tricks
OF the Government.
81 foresee these events 1 can discern
what is going to happen. 1 foresaw the
downfall of the British dominions in the
Near East, the defeat Of Wrangel the
reputation of We nizelos by the Greeks
9nd the complete overthrow of President
Wilson and his policies in the United
states. / foreSaw them all.
You remember In December of last
year, when Premier Nitti asked me to
accept certain of his proposals, / re-
fused? Had we accepted Nittis propo-
sails we should now have had only the
Wilson line as boundary. We have
received that guarantee by the pact of
London. We should wait still longer The
situation in Jugo-Slavia is unsettled
the new Government will overthrow
Nesnitch and Trumbitch, and there will
be a big schism in that country, from
which Italy will profit and obtain all
her just demands"