SITUATION BECOMES MORE SERIOUS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19811, 1 December 1919, Page 7

SITUATION BECOMES MORE SERIOUS.

MORE ITALIAN WARSHIPS JOIN D’ANNUNZIO. Oy Tfclograph Prssß Association—Copyright, Australian and K'.Sj. Cable Association. HOME, iSToveinber 27, The seriousness of the Adriatic situation has been increased bj the Italian warships at Genoa and Smyrna joining D’Annunzio. A message from Flume states that D’Annunzio addressed tho Municipal Council, saying that bis mission was to save Italy fiom the Socialists. Italy was now in the same position as after the Oaporetto disaster. .A new battle must be fought from Flume. TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF YUDENITCH’S FOLLOWERS. M Tbo Timoa *' Sarric#. STOCKHOLM, November 27. A pitiful story regarding the destruction of Yudenitclrs army comes from Esthonian headquarters. An overwhelming disaster overtook Yudenitch during his retreat. He lost all control of his army, which became a flying, huddled mob, streaming across the snowy wastes. They wore butchered like sheep by the pursuing Hods. Tho army suffered every conceivable horror, including starvation, exposure and thirst, tho men subsisting on handfuls of flour mixed with snow Their numbers rapidly lessened, until the emaciated, and gaunt remnant crossed the Esthonian frontier accompanied by a handful of prisoners and hordes of starring refugees.