Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-31
FIX PEACE TERMS
AFT TER |UME PLEA
Mayor of the Besieged City Asks
End of War.
OFFERS TERMS OF SURRENDER
General caviglia Makes TWO condi
tions, One Of Which Has Been Ac-
cepted-Heavy Fighting Pre-
cedes Farley.

Rome, Dec. 29.-The mayor of Fiume
has asked General Caviglia, comman-
der of the regular Italian forces, for
suspension of hostilities, says Fiume
dispatch
General Caviglia stipulated two con-
ditions, one of which already has been
accepted.
1t is expected that in an interview
arranged between the mayor and Gem
eral Ferrario. commander of the block
aiding force, the terms OF capitulation
will be agreed upon.
General Given Free Hand.
A council of ministers, presided over
by Premier Giolitti, considered the sit
uation at Fiume.
1t was decided to leave General Ca
viglia entirely free to act as he thought
best in order to enter Fiume as soon
as possible and occupy the city and
have the citizens freely express their
will concerning the government of
their state, which is to be independent
under the provisions of the treaty of
Rapallo.
According to reports read at the
council of ministers, a section of the
population of Fiume tried TO prevent
a fratricidal conflict, but $50 OF them
were arrested. Several attempts to fo-
ment a rising were ruthlessly put
down.
italian Troops Advance.
London, Dec. 29.-The Exchange Tel
egraph's Rome correspondent says that
according to the latest news from FL
ume the Italian regular forces have
occupied the Danuban shipyard, the
oil refinery, the Whitehead Torpedo
works, the public gardens and Monte
Calvario, On the Susak side the line
remains unchanged, owing to the de-
struction of the bridges.
Admiral Simonetti, commander of
the Italian fleet, Monday gave the de-
stroyer Espero. which recently desert
ed TO D'Annunzio. Is minutes to rejoin
his squadron. After the refusal of the
Bspero's commander the cruiser An
drea Doria opened fire at 500 yards
disabling the Esperos propeller and
causing an explosion.
A dispatch from Triest said that
thus far 100 wounded, chiefly Alpini
and carabineers. have arrived in TrI-
est. The Red Cross Is sending field
hospitals TO the scene of the fighting.
City Occupied, Says Premier.
Fierce fighting was proceeding IN the
environs of Fiume, said dispatches
from Milan, and the losses to the regu-
lars were very heavy. among the cas-
ualties being two colonies mortally
wounded.
DAnnunzio flew over the lines Sun
day, dropping leaflets from his air
plane calling ON the regulars to de-
sert The poets troops have trans
formed the houses in the public gar
dens into machine-gun nests, which
have been effective In stopping the
government forces. All the main
streets are defended by barbed-wire
barbados
An instance is related In which the
legionnaires made a desperate stand
In an armored car, which the regulars
succeeded In selling after killing three
and wounding two of the occupants.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio is said TO be
slightly wounded. The report that
DAnnunzio has been killed is officially
denied.
Confirms Poets Woundinu.
Triest, Dec 29.--News confirming re-
ports that Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the
Italian insurgent leader at Fiume. had
been wounded in the recent fighting
between his leglonnaires and General
Cayiglia's regular troops, was received
here.
Later advices said that D'Annunzio
WIS struck in the head by piece of
shell while converslng in the palace
but that the wound was slight.
The forces investing Fiume have
been recognized and REINFORCED. An
other Fiuman airplane was captured
making the fourth that has fallen into
the hands of the government troops.