The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-11-25
Stakes for Which D'Annunzio
CANDLES.
Correspondence of the London Times.

Correspondence OF the London Times.
Gabrielle DAnnunzio is a sort Of modern cyrano de Bergerac, with .
h % oan" u~a IA aa .h "a nas a aax zsaA nne an fm 1D1 ladies' - = poeu mj ideals,
were The things for which men fought But DAnnunzio-as I toe occasion
to tell him-has abandoned women and song for Ardih and politics "Higher>
given a new voce to Latin aspiration. has so swayed the emotions II n
Of the mst emotional of peoples that reason is dehroned md liberty and
Justice fol which the wr ws fought-are nouted.
nout Let US s see w what att it dst that DA An nmn,x wants nna and why ye he want hts It,
right For however much "a may condemn his methods and abhor his
dael there ns 1 is . denying en- nss the far f teaching aaI g0I lit al 9 dnsf s % hs s wo1 fasy 4 ID
concerned, he has hnedt the Adriahc question out O the sphere o. diplomatic
spoiaten of Jugo- slava is a matter Of national honor IN of-vhal interest
for Fiume is merely the nail o which he hangs the anunng picture Of
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only Of Trieste and Fiume but # cara, sebenieo sgaato: \ Il the other
an reduced to economic dependence upon Italy: DAnnunzios whole pr
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before the Val. 1t is certaln that With Trieste in the hands OF Italy, n
Fiume as the Adriadcy port of the Jugo-slavs, there would be a healthy
competition, which would De OF the greatest economic benefit One of the
arguments most frequently put forward ny DAnnunzies supporters is that
If Fiumew vas in any but Italian hands It would be ableto compete with
Trieste, whereas with both.ports Italian, it will be possible for them to COM
bne in order to controlA dratic trade.
That the Croatan population OF this part of the world should have any
rights of self determination is fatty denied by DAnnunzio o thu ground
that they fought against Italy in tn war DAnnunzo eve tires O. scofing
at ehe American prophet becoming virtuously indignant at the thought Of
a Few thousand shvs being placed under the ruleo Italy after millions
of Germans have been handed W to Poland Czecho- Slov@kia, and
Fiume at least n hears very little. of III high sounding phrases about the
"wiuo of the peopei and their attachment to Italy. What n hears is talk
about retaining Fiume for Italy at all costs: "Salvare Fium4 a quaMnque
costo!"-not because # Fiume, but because Of Italy I will say this fr
DAnnundo: He is perfectly frank about it. He never said n wore to
ne about Ialys right ito the things he. has set out % obain Tor her. He
ever alleged anything beyond the assertion that Adriatc supremacy wass
anything they TO- hold, h Q would Immediately seize it by force No
who las Travelled through the area iheld by he Italian army of occupa-
ton, or who has sheen to Fiume and spoken with DAnnundo, "a doubt that
he will make good his Threat n nat he is right when he declares that the
italian regular forces-bpth ARM and navy will refuse to obey he gov
eminent and will recognize his authority.
In a dispatch which I sent reporting DAnnunzos defiance. thu Italian
military censorship at Trieste deeted a part in which expressed the belief
that DAnnunzo as the tait support both Of AdmSalM Milo, commanding at
Zara, Of General Cavg1ta, who is at the head Of thu arm OF occupation
But the fact is not open 20 doubt Inc shoul DAnnunzio start for Rome,
neither of them would lift a finger to impede his progress. On thu contrary,
from m dispatch-thatn lie started from Fiume with 10000 men he would
arrive at h gates OF he Eternal City with 10000.
There is % doubt that the, Italian government fears DAnnunzio and
that his influence is very real As an instance, while I a hee announce
ment vas made that direct negotiations between the italian
and Jugo- Sav governments would be resuned almost Immediate
ly probably On the 18th or 18Th inst DAnnunzio at once sent a message to
Rome saying that he had received assurances that If tia republican party
came into power in the United States he administration would com
plehly reverse the present policy of the United States toward the Adriatc
problem and repudiate everything that Mr.. Wilson TAI done. So DAnnunzio
urged upon the Italian government the necessity of putting off the Adriato
case of a republican victory, Italy co2d assume In unconpromisng attitude
towards Jugo- slavia without having to fear the consequences of American
dspleasure.