The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-29
GIVES up
CONTROL TO COMMUNAL
COUNCIL TO GAIN PEACE
General caviglia Lays
DoWn Conditions for
Final Surrender.

0Wee
Final Surrender.
Rome, Dec. Complete
recognition Of tho treaty Of Ra-
pallo has been given BY d,An.
nuaxio's representatives at To
Abbaszia conference With Gen.
sral Ferrario, It is Indicated n
. report received here today
from General Cayiglla. ceA-
nander Of TIE Italian regular
forces at Plume.
Plume, Dee. s9-(Assoclated
Press s)-Gabriele d'Annunxlo
early today surrendered al his
powers to the FinAe communal
council
A conference for the purpose
Of arranging the final cessation
u hosdlldes between The regu.
lar Italian forces OF General
Cavlgih and d'Annunsio's. le-
gioAnaires was set for this
morning. Meanwhile, Ill NH.
tary oporadons have been sns-
pended.
The truce was arranged dur.
ing the night and will continue I
until the conclusion Of the con.>
ference.
Mayor Rickardo Gigantic ef
Ffume and Captain Hestwen.
turk IN whose hands dAnnun.
xi0 placed the defense Of the
city, Will be the spokesman for
Fiune, dAnnunxiO apparently
being ignored.
General CavigllA commander
Of the Italian regular forces.
viii arrange the conditions Of
Poaoe with , delegation Of the
council today.
Rome, Dec. 28.-D'Annuzian le-
gionaries at Fiume set fire to a
powder magazine in the Rienza
valley, southeast of the city last
night, according to a report from
Abbazia. The explosion, which oc-
CURED toward midnight, set fire to
the woods surrounding Fiume to
the east and great clouds Of black
smoke rolled down over the city.
In some quarters the belief was ex-
pressed the dispatch stated, that
a petroleum factory near the pow
der magazine had also been set on
fire.
Italian regular troops surround
ing Fiume, continued to advance
west and north of the city yester-
day while on the eastern side, the
situation was unchanged, as the
regular troops remain on one side
of the Eneo river and the legion
aries on the other, and it is impos-
sible to cross the stream because
the bridges have been destroyed.
Tn fiercest fighting occurred west
OF Ffume, where Alpini advancing
from Castra reached the public
gardens. When they had forced
their way that far. they found all
the houses surrounding the gar
dens had been transformed into
machine gun nests from which a
terrific fire was poured upon them.
Wound Dambara.
An armored car advanced against
the regulars and inflicted heavy
losses, the Alpini throwing them
selves on the ground and continue
ing the struggle for some time.
Major Dambara. in command of the
Alpini, rode through the gardens
on horseback and rushed toward
the car, but was wounded twice
and his horse was shot dead. When
the fire ceased, Major Dumbara
was able to struggle toward the
car, and upon entering it found
three dead legionaries and two SER
iously wounded commissioned Of
ficers.
Wounded regulars have been
taken in motor lorries to Trieste
and Corzia, where special hospi-
tails we're organized. The number
Of men being taken to these hos
pitals is increasing hourly, and all
agree in declaring that the regu-
lars find themselves handicapped
in their fight against the legion
aries. They are armed only with
rifles. while the d'Annunzian troops
use hand grenades and machine
guns, and, besides, have laid mines
everywhere, os that at every step
the government troops are in dan
ger Of being blown up or killed by
debris and splinters. Two hotses
in Fiume have already been de-
stroyed by mines.
The majority of the wounded
were struck by machine gun bull
lets or splinters of hand grenaces.
The regular troops were ordered not
to fire unless they were forced to
do 20. and the legionaries have tax
en- every advantage tc infiict the
heaviest possible Losses on theiI
assailants.
While at the beginning Of the
struggle the government forcea
held . numerical superiority, theiI
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