ITALY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16547, 23 September 1919, Page 3

ITALY.

THE Fill ME RAID. D’ANNUNZIO’S NEW MADNESS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 23, 9.15 a.m.) ROME, Sept. 21. Venetian newspapers publish D’Annunzio’s extraordinary message to the Venetians, summoning them to cast off a shameful yoke. He adds: “I am absolute master of Fiume; we shall build there a new country.” . . Roman newspapers deplore- the invitation to destroy the unity of Italy. D’Annunzio is reported to be raiding Jugo-Slav territory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ITALIAN TROOPS. RETAINED AT FIUME. (Received Sept. 23, 10.25 a.m.) ROME, Sept. 22. A report received at Milan states that D’Annunzio will not allow the Italian troops to leave Fiume. Ho is convinced that the presence of Italian troops prevents the Allies from regarding Fiume as a rebel town and bombarding it. His adventure is attributed to the belief that the Jugo-Slav irregulars intended to occupy Fiume as soon as the Italians bad gone.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TROUBLE VERY PROBABLE. BETWEEN ITALIANS AND SLAVS. (Received Sept. 23,' 12.45 p.m.) PARIS, Sept. 22. Correspondents report that serious fears exist in Conference circles that fighting will develop between the Italians and the Slavs. Italian soldiers ar© compelling Slav women to kiss the tricolour cockade, and- it is also stated that several hundred Slavs have been murdered. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE DICTATOR’S DIFFICULTIES. (Received Sept. 23, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 22. An ominous Jugo-Slav attitude is developing at Fiume, where strong JugoSlav concentrations, including 8000 volunteer troops, are threatening D’Annunzio. The Dictator has ordered the Croats, Magyars and Gormans to leave tho city,—United Service. ROYAL PALACES. HANDED TO THE STATE, (Received Sept. 23, 12.45 p.m.) ROME, Sept. 22. The Chamber of Deputies adopted a Bill providing for the cession of Crown property for national purposes. The royal palaces will be handed over and maintained as monuments of art.