D'ANNUNZIO'S RAIDS IN DALMATIA.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15239, 28 November 1919, Page 5

D'ANNUNZIO'S RAIDS IN DALMATIA.

ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STATE-

MENTS

SITUATION BECOMING CRITICAL,

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

Rome, Nov. 23. An official communique dealing with the Zara raid, promises the fullest precautions to prevent further d'Annunzio raids.

'Hie Government repudiates Admiral JMillio, whose support of d'Annunzio caused surprise and a shock. It adds that it appeal's the army and navy arc very restless owing to a groundless rumour that Zara was to be ceded in exchougG for Fiume.

Leading newspapers denounce the Zara and Milan exploits. According to a message from Trieste d'Annunzio is making ' wholesale arrests of Jug(*-Slavs as hostages for the good behaviour of the inhabitants and tt'Anminzio's personal safety. Semi-official information" indicates th«_t the Adriatic situation is becoming eriiTeal. It is reported that d'Annunzio aims at the liberation of Montenegro from the Jugo-Slavs, besides the annexation of Dalmatia. He is also intriguing against the present Italian Government.