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ANNOUNCED BY GENERAL CAYIGUA OFFICIAL ENTRY OF FIUME »j TMorraph-Proji AojocUtlon-Ootj-rish: Rome, December 27. General Caviglia, Commander of tl>Italian army at Finnic, announces that ho has mado nn official entry into thr city, thus yuling the D'Annunzio cpi sode- Thirty of the regular troops weir killed, and a 'hundred were wounded.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE LEGIONARIES' LOSSES CONFLICTING REPORTS IiIiCrAKJJ--ING D'A.NNUNZIO. N Rome, December 27. D'Annunzio is not wounded.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. '-Kec. December 29,-9.3 p.m.) Paris, December 29. General Caviglia has entered Fiume. It is repotted that four hundred were killed and several thousand wounded, lue.hiding D'Annunzio. who was slightly wounded in tho head by a shell. The Italian Government is anxious that D'Annunzio shall be captured unhurt, and offers a reward to the soldier doing this.—'Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.USE OF ARTILLERY" NOT ALLOWED ROYALISTS' ATTACK HAMPERED. London, December 27. The Royalists are closing in. on Fiumn. Some reports from Honiestatethat regulars already occupy tho town. There has been a considerable amount of bloodshed, mostly around barricados, b&rb-wire, and fortified houses, .where the Insurgents made determined stands. While tho Hoy-, alists wore hampered by Signor Giolitti's request to avoid unnecessary bloodshed, they were compelled to storm machineguns at the point of the bayonet. Had they hecn allowed to use artillery thoy would have taken tho town in a few hours, for they had overwhelming num-bers—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.. ; D'ANNUNZIO'S DICTATORSHIP Fiumo had been under the control ot the famous Italian- poet, .Ganriele D'Annunzio, for 15 months. D'Annunzio entered Fiumo on September 12 last year at tho head of 4000 Italian volunteers, while the Allied conference at Pari 9 was debating whether the city should bo awardod to Jugo-Slavia or Italy. It was regarded by many at the time as a transitory adventure that would endure no longer than tho caprice of ttie'poct who evoked it, hut D'Annunzio tenaciously retnined his hold 011 tho city, despite tlTe alternating threats and cajolery of the Italian Government, and exerciswl a virtual diotatoivfiup. Alter several months Or intermittent and ineffectual debate by the Supreme Council at Paris, the Allies decided to resign to Italy and. Jugoslavia tho responsibility of settling the disposal of Fiume by direct negotiation. Last month the Governments of Home and Belgrade reached an agreement, and a treaty was signed at Kapallo. The cabled sunynaries of the treaty indicate that Fiumo is to lie constituted a free city under Italian protection, and that JugOrSlavia is to receive compensation in the form of neighbouring islands off the Dalmatian coast. To execute its obligations under the treaty, the Italian Government .was compellod ut last to take action against D'Anr.unsio.- From accounts cabled during the past few months it would ssom that the forccs under t'lio command of the'poot-dicrtator, both naval and military, have licen considerably augmented by desertions from tho Italian navy and army. Several islands in the Gulf of Quarnovo, tho approach to Fiumo by sea, alid along tho Dalmatian coast have been occupiod by legionaries, and a small ileet of dostroyera and light craft brought to Fiumo by naval mutineers has been at tho poefs command. D'Annunzio is now 5G years Of age. Before tho war he was Italy's foremost poet, novelist, and dramatist. By his stirring orations he played an important part in bringing aTjout Italy's intervention in the war, and afterwards ho won fame, as a fearless airman.