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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1919, Page 5

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1 ITALY AFLAME, ' • ARMY WONT ACT. ' IN MOVEMENT AGAINST . D'ANNUNZIO. 8j Telemph —Pwss Asan.—Copyright (Received Sept. 26, 10.50 pan. Rome, 6ept. 25. The Popolo Romano declares that It»ly ,i| aflame over Fiume. The army i» out of hand and won't act against iD'Amranzio.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Coble Assoc. ■THREATENED BLOCKADE. UNLESS HUME INTERNATIONALISED. , xteoeived Sept. 28, 8.30 p.m. Paris, Sept. 25. •V is understood that President Wilpan has informed Italy that unless Fiume is internationalised and D'Annunzio oustj ed the United Stateß will blockade Italy economically.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. "COMMANDEERING" A STEAMER.* ITALIANS' HIGH-HANDED ACTION. , Rome, Sept. 25. ,An extraordinary act of piracy is reported from Trieste. A band of 20 Arditi volunteers, tired of waiting, decided to capture the steamer Veneza,' jvhich was carrying food to Pola. The volunteers at night tinte boarded the vessel in small parties and mixed freely with the sailors and 54 passengers the following morning, but when the steamer was nearly at Pola, about noon, the volunteers took up positions at the various gangways, while a group of officers sprang to the bridge, and, presenting their revolvers, ordered the captain, who is a Croat, to steer for Kume. The crew were similarly surprised, while the officers entered the paloon and calmed the passengers. The Bteamer arrived at Fiume in the bvening, and was received with enthusiasm, D'Annunzio granting the volunteers it special distinction. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable jfesn. TOO IiATE TO COMPROMISE. ■OBJECTIONS TO WILSON'S TERMS. Paris, Sept. 25. It is understood Ihat President Wjlson las approved of the settlement of the Fiun\e question as recently imposed by the Supreme Council on the terms that Fiujne shall be a free city under Italian suzerainty, and the port and the FiumeLaibach railway shall be internationalised under the League of Nations; also that Italy shall undertake to construct no fortifications within a considerable distance of the town. The last provision has infuriated the Italians here, who declare it is totf late for compromise. The feeling in Italy is cuch that the only solution possible in the eyes of the Italian people is the unconditional annexation of Fiume. Any Government attempting to compromise ;will be faced with a revolution. General Peppini Garibaldi, who has Arrived in tariß, told his compatriots that the only way out is annexation.— jAus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, Sept. 25. Imitating D'Annunzio, other Italian leaders have planned to capture Spalato, gebenico, and other Adriatic ports. The situation la grave.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable iAstO, «