TRAGIC ROMANCE OF FIUME.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3491, 20 May 1920, Page 2

TRAGIC ROMANCE OF FIUME.

“BLON.DI‘} QL'l‘l]3lX” LE.-\D.\‘ LOVER TO HIS DE.-\’.l‘H. F'ulxllc’s ztunals-——.l’ight in the midst‘

of its into.rnzation:ll crisis-11:u'(.‘ been >:f:lineul by. :1. singulzlriy 1-evnhing-

01-inle of veug*u2mcL‘.

A. wcll—t'u-do ._\foLmg ‘lradosxnzm nunlcd (-iiustu ‘.'arliun, Inllcl‘.- bclovnul in the little city as 21. social worker, was exlgagml to Dora Arculin, :1 girl clerk in the municipal] food control ofiice.

Doru’s atll, aesthetic figure had procu-re«l'ller local fame Vas “rlw blonclc queen of Fiunle." Lately it: came to '\’:u‘licn’s calm that his fi:.111(3.€(,‘ was secretly collsol't‘mg with certain oflicers oi’ the g‘:u-1-'i-son; aml, lxaving inquired info t‘l)osCreports, he sent her an ul'timatum. » L‘-nwllling either to :Iban4lon her othcr ‘.gll(-.ans of gaiety or to fol'o,<,;<> the easy gains to which her lover hzxd lmbituat.e(l her, Dol‘zl. :I.<sunlc<l :1. preVaficating attitude‘, till Varilien oxclz1lmc(l in :Ingm': “You are pol"f‘c<:tl- - .free to choose. but I'o-nlol'row I must lmvc _\fol.ll' clvur and xlefinito t.lo<*is'lon. Else 1 will slap ymlr face and quit‘ you once for all.” ’l‘hol'<‘upon the girl cooll_\’ ronmx-‘cal her hat, (lrcw llersolf up to lmr full height, uml I'ctol"l‘ed: Unl(‘s.~' you are :1 co\v:ll'd, slap mo.” Varlion was oxaspcrafecl. and struck her.

The girl went home weeping, ami gave an. exagg;ol'-ated account of the a.fi’:lil' to her mother and sister, who wore seated round the hcal'lill.' - With them was Captain Argentine, (me of .D'.=\nnunzio’s of’fic.cl's of Ar—«iiti. who is engaged to :1 younger sister of l)or:1‘_ H 0 swore to saiisfy the faunily thirst for 1‘0\'()11ge.

Ne>:l- mol'm'xlg Dora found \':lrl'len :I\\':litillg her on her way to the office. He was anxious to seek ‘her p:ll'don. She kissed hum profusely, displayed gvseat joy :11" the I'cconcilia’_tion, -and fixed an evening appointment {xi a lonely spot. in the suburbs. In preparation for the diabolical plot, she <lomled a. u‘lli’_ge dress sul~ In.nullted by with :L 131551-fd whit-e I'i'b~ hon.

Brimful of silnula‘red telldm'ne.s'.< and 111e1‘ry laughfcr, she waltzed her I(>\‘f3.r down the vale which was for him_to be the Valley of death. Shortly afterwards Dora ceased hog fondling on 1:, sudden_. and shouted in triumpha.n’r tones: ‘ ‘ ‘Avmgdrs, arise! ’ ’

Four lusty forms in the Arditi, or “dal'_,e-devil" uniform sprang from :14 thickef, flung iVarlicll ‘to the gronml, sfunnd him with blows. and kicked him ful'iE)usly on the head. Then tlioy dl'ov(-. their daggers deep in his" riglit. sidle, and decamped.

But the wounded man managed to drag‘ himself to :1 neighbouring coftage, where, sodden in blood, he expixvul while writing the story of the outrage.

Dora .A.rculin, 1.10.1‘ mofher, her sister, Captain Al'g‘elltino, and :1 line-tc-naut. Bollg‘i—~—sel‘i'ously indicted as flmving nc’r.ivoly pul'ticipate«'},‘ in ‘I-he attack——have been arrested.

By Generalissimo Gabriele 'D’AII- - orders» all are 00 be judged by c.oul't-nulrtial.

C‘-onfessingz the plot before the tribunal. “HlO b]on{lo queen” gloried in her crime.