THE FIUME QUESTION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 79, 29 December 1919, Page 5

THE FIUME QUESTION

AN AGREEMENT REACHED

NOT TO EE SEPARATED FROM ITALY By Telegraph—Press Associatiou-CoDyriglit Rome, December 21. The Cabinet lws .-ipprovod ;m agreement concluded villi d'Amiunzio, and normal conditions have ljcon resumed in Finnic. Two plebiscites rcsaUed in favour of the Premier's proposals The Government has iiromised to mainta'n integrally the line tixrd by the armistice, to recognise the right of Finnic to decide its own fate, and to undeitake to assist in the restoration ot' civil administration and business activity by c.mcediny ciedit in order to overcome the currency difficulty. It promises not to allow the sovi. *i«{ii rights of Fimne to be diminished or violated and to accept no ,'nlution that will separate Finnic from Italian territory— Cable Assn.

CONFLICTING RETORTS.' (ficc. December 28, it.s p. 111.) Rome, December 2a. An official communique states that the ClnvcrniiK'nt's proposals in connection with Fin mo amounted to a command to d'Aiinunzio to evacuate. There are tonflidmj; reports 'csnrdiii!,' the situation at Finnic. One i-tates that d'Aiinunzio mid a number of his _ supporters, including officers andarditti, are prisoners. Major Jominan and Commander llizzo favoured the acceptance of tlic Government proposal, and. handed their resignations to d'Aiinunzio. A destroyer from Zara on Tuosdny <loiivoml n coinlnmiicntion pointintr out the gravity of the situation in Ihlmatin, and stntinK that d'Annunzio's laiidins could not be permitted.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.