The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
FIUME CRISIS
is PERPLEXING
new CABINET
Complicates Already Diff
cult Situation Confronting
Ministers Attitude of Fl
ume President Not Clear.
RULE IS OVERTHROW
fBy Associated Press)

ROME. Mar. A council of minis
ters today discussed at length the
crisis in Fiume, which has complica-
ted the already difficult situation
confronting the new cabinet.
The attitude of President Zanella,
who has been forced to hand over
the government to the national com
mittee of defense, does not appear
quite clear here
Shortly after he assumed power, in
October last, he came to Rome and
obtained loan of 200,000.000 lire. He
then expressed a great belief in the
Italian aspirations in Fiume, but up
on his return to that place almost inn
mediately incurred the cruelty of the
Italian element.
Since early yesterday forces OF
Nascisti legionaries and republicans
have been in possession of the city.
They captured the posts and tele-
graphs and before their advance the
police organized by Zanella to the
government palace.
The government forces had as their
first line of defense a wall enclosing
the small park in which the palace
stands. They were soon obliged to
retire inside of the building.
Fire on Palace
! Zanella's forces placed machine
| guns on the roof of the palace which
! for some time checked the progress of
/ their assailants. Deputy Giunta, lead
! er of the Nascisti, then captured an
armored motor boat belonging to the
| Italian navy in the neighboring bay
of Abtasta, and with it's guns opened
F., fire against the palace. Thirty 70
millimetre shells thrown into the
! building doing considerable damage
i Italian torpedo boats in Fiume har-
! Dor captured the motorEoat, but the
| latter was again seized by the Fascist
who resumed their bombardment OF
| the palace. The defenders then hoist
ed white flag.
! The report that Zanelli fled from
the city is denied. According to latest
reports he was still inside the palace,
I in the same room in which Gabrielle
| D'Annunzio was slightly wounded by
the fire of the troops sent against him
1 by former Premier Giolitti in 1920.
Agrees to Retire.
| Zanelli has signed a statement
agreeing to retire forever from public
life in Fiume and renouncing any as
piration of political character.
| The committee of national defense
| has invited the Italian government tC
/ assume the administration OF the city
! The Zanelli police force escaped tC
i the neigh boring village of Grenova
where according to reports it is en-
rolling Croats for an attempt to re
i capture Fiume.
j The Fascist and legionaries are re
manning under arms and have formed
a national guard of honor, so as to be
ready for any attack.
One account places the losses Of
; the Zanelli forces at three killed ant
; so wounded.
FIUME, March 3.-The committee o.
. national defense proclaimed the fina
! overthrow of the provisional govern
ment under President Zanella and the
, constituent assembly today. The gov
eminent capitulated after fierce fight
ing.
: The committee, upon assuming pow
er asked the Italian government tC
: send a representative to administer
: the government of the city until Quie
is restored.
: Rome dispatches last night declared
that President Zanella and his follow
ers had fed to Buccari, near Fiume
after issuing a declaration transfer
ring the authority to the National com
; mittee Of defense. The capitulatiol
: followed an attack en- the government
: palace by Fascist, who fired twent.
| cannon shots into the building.