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LOCK FIUME PLAN
Ftomo Worried by Persistent
Opposition of President
Wilson
D'ANNUNZIO WINS ELECTION
IJy the Associated l'rew
Paris, Oct. 20. fjiipntehes from
Jlomo Indicate that much concern has
been caused there by a report that the
UnlUd States would retuse to accede
to the proposals of Italy regarding the
Adriatic problem. In Italian circle
here also there is an impression that
the United States will not agree to the
Italian plan for retaining control of
flume.
hti Ijiberte reports that the response
of Robert Lansing, American secretary
of state, to tlio modified Italian pro
posals for an Adriatic settlement is in
the negative.
.Efforts of France and England arc
again being made t tiring about a o
lutlon of the diffirultien. according to
La Iiibcrte. Premier CIcmcnccnu ro
eclved Minister Tittoni yesterday.
Reports of tlic elections held in riume
on Sunday for selecting members of the
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new cumiuuimi i-uuu. w n,iv. uiiiB, nnrtv. havp taiileu nn
persons voted the straight annexationist htualh onuiviilent
ticket; ISC for the party led by 1'rof. "f. Mium"'
i Kanella, who tame to an open weak
with Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio, and
that 3189 of those registered did not
tote, according to advices reaching here.
LLOYD GEORGE ASKS '
. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
Resolution in Commons Todayi
Will Bring Severe Criticism of i
Government's Finances
IULIC LEDGEE-- PHIL ADELPH1 A , WEDNESDAY,
RIOTSFLARE
OOTOBEir 20, 1019
REPORT YUDENITCH
IN FULL RETREAT
Anti-Bolshevist General Admits
Attack on Petrogracl
Was Failure
DENIKINE ALSO IS LOSING
London, Oct. 20. (By A. TM Na
tional finance was the topic up for
debate in the House of Commons today,
with th government facing probably as
critical a body of members as ever in
the liNtorj of parliament. ,More than
100 members had given notice of a de
sire to speak and all were understood to
be prepared to belabor the government
for its alleged unste and extravagance.
critics are among the supporters of the fr0m (5euer.il Ymlcniteh. dated October
coalition, including such stanncn uuiuu- , o7i ndmtttius that tho nttnek ou retro
Ists as sir i.uwnru inrwu " -.
lllMMIl VITII. ,.1 l ! !. I
The program cation lor inc ininmut- w uii-iumi-,
It) (lie Associated 1'ios
Itcilln, Od. 1'U. Tlicnnll-ltoMieMsl
newspaper. I'rlsyn (apparently an IN-
thoiilan sheet prints I'oniinuiiicatliiu
1 grnd was unsuccoss,ful bocausn of hick
ii... .l.i. i-t. ,...,,. liv Austen rhitniucr
lain. Chancellor of the iAchecnicr, of
thu olBciul resolution drafted bv the
cabinet at Monday's meeting, tin- mo
tion declares "that this llnusc lea
llzing the serious effects upon the trade
ami industry, of the nation of the enor
mous financial burdens resulting from
tho war, promises its heart) support to
tho government in all reasonable pro
posals, however drastic, for the reduc
tion of expenditure and the diminution
of debt.1' , . ... . .
Krnnrls f i om Keinl stale that ItCti-
ernl Vudenitch is falling lucl. nbrng the
entire line. Up has been t (impelled to
abandon lintrhinu nud to renin e stuff
hendipinrters to Ynmbeig. slvt) -eight
miles from 1'etrogrnd. on tlic mail to
Kcal. Consequently tlieic is little hope
of retaining a base for the advance
against el'trogrnif.
Copenhagen. Oct. 'JO. tlty A. V.)
nnd support of the Allies ami had I
iciiched mi iitiilerstiindlng with Oencrnl
Mm Her (Jolt, ami Colonel Aviilofr
iti.itiiiuiiit. lirnilliiL' the so-called est
ltuslan arprj. conipo-cd of (lurii.mus in
the Hultlu tuovliires.
Waslilnglon. Oct. 'JO.- (Ily A. l.)
Insuigent forces In the ICiihnn ter
ritory on the northwestern side of the
Cnucaf.au niountalus, making common
causn with the Kuban Cossacks, have
taken from the forces of General Dent
Muc. tho itnti-llolshcUst lender, tho
Itlnck i-ca port of Novorosseysk, and
have occupied (he city of Stavropol,
according to dispatches received today
liv the Kuranlaii mission.
"There is ever) riason to believe,"
the (llspntihcs n.cv( "that in a cry
slmit time the Insurants will dear the
whose Kuban tcnitoi'j of OetiUiue s
-u-uillcil nliinlcr tionp".
fails. Oft. 111.---(My A 1 I llicli-
m-,1 X. I.lttlc. a Chicago newfepapor
correspondent with Yuilonitoh's army,
was seriously wounded in mo ngniing
near l'eliograd. according to a meiiKo
reeciotl from the American relief nd
minlstratlon representative at Keal.
Little was removed to a hospital near
Gatchlua. His left leg was Inoken and
he rccchcd sevcic wounds In the head.
This is counted a s u " ' 'U "" -J I V .ll-pntrh to Helsingfors i epulis hcmi
'and AV C. Adamsou for the Labor .Kn-Ke'ii. where it is stated tin
partv have tabled amendments which 'licds" arc siiffciitig moimnus looses.
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It is expected inc iiruaii' win vn"i'.
the remainder of the parlinmeutar)
ueek. Both rrcmier Moyd (.corgc and
Mr. Honar Law. the government leader,
will speak in the goemmtnts defense.
Win-ton Churchill, the war .secretin) ,
will defend the war office, against which
some of the strongest charges or ex
travagance have been launched Others
of the ministers probabl) "will offer de
fenses of their lespective departments.
Notwithstanding the intense antl
government feeling in n Inrge section
of both the House and electorate, pres
ent opinion in political quarters is that
the defeat of the government is uu
likcly, . , ,
The government was given a vote of
confidence last night, when a motion
to have the bill icnewing the powers
of the defense of (lie realmmt with
drawn was defeated 2S," to 77.
Boenos Aires. Oct. 29. The Paris
correspondent of La Xaeion sa)s that
ths Adriatic question was discussed in
conference Saturday between Frank
Xi. Polk, head of tho American delega
tion, and M. Tittont, but that satis
factory results were not attained.
Mr. Polk, it is stated, communicated
to Washington, his Impressions that
the latest proposals of Italy were exces
sive. VIlson Stands Firm
The Rome correspondent of La Jfacion
reports that Secretary of State Lansing,
after a conference with President Wil
son, sent a communication stating that
tho President still maintained the four
objections lodged against the previous
proposal. These arc to the annexation
by Italy of the triangle territory around
Vnlnscn fin order to give Fiume n
joint frontier with tho Italian king
dom) ; to the grant of autonomy for
Fiume as a buffer state; to the an
nexation to Itnly of tha island of La
gosta, in the Dalmatian, and to Italian
diplomatic representation for the city of
Zara, on tho Dalmatian coast.
Blmne. Oct. 27 (delayed). The re
sult of the elections to the new com
munal council for Fiume yesterday may
easily be foreshadowed as n vote for
the continuation of the national
council," controlled by the Italian an
nexationists. Only one ticket, that of
the "Unione Nar.ionalc," or annexa
tionist party, was in me nem, win;
some forty candidates for the national
council. No other party was allowed to (
r.,,1- .fTitftooa in tho field. Those op
posed to annexation have been unable n,inia Panee Published
to conduct n campaign since the mam- Were on Belgian Kaper Hunnsnea
festo of D'Annunzio declaring Fiume Under German Auspices
In a state of war. T.i: Brussels, Oct. 20. Eight editors nnd
i.ae pons wm suiiuoi "J, '"""i" tlie publisher of the newsnnper La t5el-
to votes or ecu 'I lie dispatch sa)s srwcul poisons
who escutieil fioni IVtiocuid icpoil
that (he entire population, iweu llu
women, are participating in the ilefensi
of the city under the leadership nl
Chinese. All the bridges have been
mined and blocks of houses tnnsformed
into fortresses.
It i reported the T'olshevist ioin
mander hns announced that if I'ctrogrnd
is taken every factor) will be blown
up. The food situation in the capital
is. declared to be desperate and it is
said hundreds of persons dailt are dying
from tarntiorrT
Lieutenant Colonel Lestiang -Malone.
a liberal lncmner of tie ISriti-li llousi
of Commons, has returned from a daring
unothVinl visit to Petrograd He told
fiiends in Helsingfors it is uiipiobable
that TVtrogiad would fall this winter.
lie said repoits of dissension among the
l!olbeiki were untitle, as Lcuine and
Trotzky appeared to be working in en
tile accord.
London, Oct. 20.-U5) A. P.l In
the House of Commons jrstcrdii) ( ceil
Hiiinifwoith. parliamciitnr) secretary
for foieign nffnhs. stated that the gov
ernment had notilied Leon Tiotsky. the
ISulshciik war minister, nnd others in
soviet Jim-sin that they would bo held
personally responsible for the treatment
of British prisoners and other British
citizens in llussia.
PLUNKETT'S IRISH PROPOSAL
EGYPT
Two Killed When Police Try to Sup
press Nationalist Parade
Alexandria. Kg) pi Oct, 20. Two
riotets were killed and ten others in
jured and tweut) -hiwcn policemen wero
hurt in a seiloun nationalist demonstra
tion Friday. The trouble arose when
tho police attempted to suppress a
pcaceablo demonstration,
Two motor lorries with troopi ap
peared and eventually shots wero filed
at the crowd.
Cairo. lCg)pt, Oet. 20. Shouts pt
"We don't want the Mllncr commis
sion 1" Intei runted n band playing
"God Sate the King" at the public gar
dens, l'ridiiv, ghiitg the signal for a
nationalist deinonstiutloii.
The tumble was quelled by the an
tliorities, who placed a number of stu
dents under nil est. '
It was announced in Loudon some
time r.;o that the government wns con
sidering sending to Kg)pt u special com
mission headed by Viscount Mllifter, sec- '
retury for the colonics, in order to as
certain what changes weie necessary in
the constitution of the protectorate.
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SWISS ELECTION PLEASES
'Fullest
ment"
Measure of Self-Govern-
Reservations for Na
tional Defense
London. Oet. 20. (B) A. P. i Sir
Iloi ace Pluuketl in an addicts before
the ational Liberal Club today de
clared that the path of wisdom for tlic
Tin eminent was to make the Trish peo-
ilc an offer of the fullest measure of'?,rats
.(II government
Bourgeois Press Elated That Social
ists Won Only 39 Seats in Council
Berne, Oet. 20. (By A. P.) Satis-,
faction with the results of the election
to the National Council which show
only thirty-nine Socialists chosen on
the final count, is cvprctscd by the
Bourgeois press todti) . The Swiss
ileiiiocr.u'), these newspapers comment,
withstood victoriously a strong attack
on the pint of the extremists who had
been boasting that the Bouigeols par
ties would be snowed under. The liunl
results show that the council with a
total of 1M members will be made up
as follows;
Kadical Democrats, !" : Catholic
Conservatives 12: Socialists. .",0; the
new Peasant party. 27: Libeinl Demo
ernlx. fl : eastern Switzerland Demo-
4; tirutieans, ; i logressive
Bouigcois. 1: Lvnngclist. 1.
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House Purchased by Ex-Kaiser Said eral Drnikinc hnd lost the contidence
to Be Unlucky for Males
Doom. Holland, Oct. 2!). (By
p l There is a superstition at Doom.
which, because of incomplete records, is
somewhat dificult to bear out, that the
house at Doom, recently purchased bv
the former kaiser, is unlucky for its
main occupants.
It is said that the house generall) i
has been occupied by widows, the men
having died after n few years' occu
pancy. The I'.aronis Van Ilecmstia I
who sold the house to the kaiser, was a
widow. ,
EDITORS SENT TO JAIL
' i-endnrmes and soldierB and there was
an extravagant display of military
"power which served to prevent any dis
order. Biore man ouuu registered cite
.rimii, mihiisnen nurine me war uum-i
jennan auspices, have been sentenced
to imprisonment for tcims ranging from
tors jwent to tho polls and voted tho ' twpnty to two years ,,
straight annexationist ticket. Tho total i The question of the monetary ilanmBC
registration was 10,331. ' to bo levied is to be decided November 6
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Woman Suffrage in Force
Practically every military conveyance
Was pressed into service to get out the
vote, including that of girls and women,
who went to the polls with Bhouts of
joy at the noxel experience. 'Walls and
streets were placarded with slogans,
appealing to all citizens to vote as a
patriotic duty and declaring that any
one not attending the polls was a traitor
nnd an enemv to an Italian Fiume.
Other placards pleaded for a unanimous
vote for the candidates of the Unione
N'azionale.
The town Is now one great military
stronghold. Everything, including
pocketbooks and baggage, Is most rig
orously examined upon entrance.
Two American newspapermen were
arrested yesterday noon and wore
roughly handled by gendarmes, who
searched all their nelongings, but set
them at liberty later in the afternoon.
Tho arrests were made, It is stated, on
information of one Henry Furst, who
rlaims to be an American with a home
in New Tork and who handles D'An
nuniio's foreign propaganda.
"Whoever doesn't shout 'ITurrah or
D'Annunzio' is watched," aid a ncu
. tral to the Associated Press correspond
ent. "Netting is impossiblo in Fiume
today. It is ruled by 0000 bayonets.
They speak of elections yes, elections
at the point of a levolver. 'Are you for
Italy?' 'If not, oft with you!' "
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