EUROPEAN WAR CLOUDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17335, 5 December 1919, Page 7

EUROPEAN WAR CLOUDS.

STORM CENTRE AT FIUME. BALKAN STATES RESTLESS. ALLIES URGED TO ACT. By Telegraph—Press Association— A. tod N.Z. LONDON, Nov. 29 (delayed). The Vienna correspondent of the Manchester Guardian states that the tranquility at Buda-Pesth and Vienna is merely the quiet before the storm. If the d'Annunzio raids continue, the Servians will undoubtedly declare war against Italy. The Croatians will join the Italians owing to dissatisfaction with the Servian oppression. It is likely that Roumania and Bulgaria will join in attacking Servian A general conflagration will enable the Slovaks to demonstrate their disapproval of Czech rule, and Transylvania will throw off the Roumanian oppression and both will join Hungary in the latter' s effort to regain lost territory. The Allies must be swift in order to avert a catastrophe. A strong blockade of Fiume is essential. The Allied Military Mission has failed to secure co-operation j among the new States, and should be immediately replaced by civilian diplomats with full authority to secure a peaceful settlement. A Paris report states that Jugoslavia has actually informed the Allies that war is inevitable unless d'Annunzio is checked. The Supreme Council is fully alive to the situation, and is making an effort to I ease the position. Messages from Central Europe indicate a grave I danger that d'Annunzio may prove the spark that will set a huge powder , magazine in flames. ANOTHER RAID PREPARING. D'ANNUNZIO'S MOVEMENTS. (Received 9.30 p.m.) Time*. BELGRADE, Dec. 1. It is reported that a destroyer, accompanied by a transport, left Fiume on November 29. D'Annunzio, Admiral Riszo, and 1000 troops of the Arditi Regiment were aboard. It is believed that they intended to occupy Sebenico, between Zara and Spalato. Remarkable scenes followed the occupation of Zara by d'Annunzio three weeks ago. , The crowd below in the street wept |as d'Araionzio and Vice-Admiral Nilo (the local commander, who joined d'Annunzio) stood on a balcony. The Syndic of Zara put the finishing touch by issuing a manifesto, as follows :— " Fellow citizens,D'Araiunzio is here. There is no need for words. Go on weeping for joy." ALLIES AND ROUMANIA. SUPPLIES TO BE STOPPED. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Dec. 1 (delayed). In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, Under-Secre-tary to the Foreign Office, stated i that the Allies had decided, owing to Roumania's attitude, to withdraw facilities for supplies to her. Already a shipment of supplies had I been suspended.