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Show NEW STATE IDE BY ITALIAN POET Fiume Constitution Written by Gabrielle D'Annunzio in Poetic Style FIUMEfi Sept. i. B the Associated Associat-ed Pr??s Gabrielle D'Annunzio li .i.iii bo Idler poet, who has held the city of Flume for nearly a year today made public th- text of the constitution constitu-tion of a new state (he Italian re-Knc re-Knc of Quarnero " The now nation will comprise the city of Fiume and several islands In the Adhitlc. lis ex- istt net .i be officlall) decided September Septem-ber 1 1 The constitution Is a lengthy document docu-ment and is Written in a poetic style t subjec t to amendment every seven I years, or oftener If changes are rc-I rc-I quested by one-third of the citizens I of the state. fiume, which i: termed in the doeu- m id The Quardian of i-atin civilisation civili-sation In the Extreme Bast' Is to be 1 made an open port io all frlcndl nation::. na-tion::. L"nl versa I military service between ' in xers ci' 17 .iinl Til", is nrri lilerl for b the constitution Two legislative houses arc to be created There will be an executive commission, which i will be headed by a foreign minister. A dictator may be selected "In timo of extreme ilauger." All cltlsens are required by the con- s.tittitlon to register as workers, of which there are ten i lasses. They are 'guaranteed freedom of thought. I -i" SCO and of the pres. and to hold meetings or form associations wh.'th. r religious or otherwise. There rights an given ltlni:t distinction to sex, rat or nationality . ! The new state also Kuarantee ihe I Inviolability of domicile, the rl&hts of ihabi-aus corpus, a minimum scale of LlarleS, allowances in case of illness oi enforced idleness and a system of( .old ase pensions, i Direct proportional representation i h to established v. itn the right of! i referendum and the recall of elected! officials I |