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Show the car and the prisoners were handed over to the American marines, who surrendered sur-rendered them to the commander of the Italian warship Puglia." Other Belgrade messages made public reported continued unrest in the region about Trau, due to the activities of Italian Ital-ian troops in the occupied zone, and rumors ru-mors of other impending Italian coups. Still others said the situation in Flume was unchanged yesterday and that food for the D'Annunzio forces was being requisitioned from Serbian inhabitants. CABLES TELL OF SEIZURE OF TRAU BY THE ITALIANS WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Telegrams received from Belgrade yesterday, made public tonight by the Information bureau here of the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, give a detailed account of what occurred at Trau on September 2.3. Ono message says the Italians entered a3 2 a. m. without firing a shot, seized the, city administrative buildings and arrested some "notable inhabitants." "The Italian section of the population, knew some days in advance what was going go-ing to happen, the message says. Count Nino de Fanfogna, described as "an Italianized citizen of Trogir (Trau)," Is said to nave proclaimed himself dictator dicta-tor and organized a "nation guard" of Italianized citizens and "Jugo-Slav peasants peas-ants recruited by the distribution of money ind food." Fanfogna, according to the Belgrade message, called a meeting of department heads and demanded that the city be turned over to him, which was done after the chiefs had "protested energetically and only gave way to force." Italian soldiers sol-diers occupied the streets and waterfront, but "showed little enthusiasm," the message mes-sage says, "As soon as other troops arrived," the message says, "the house of Mr. Fanfogna Fan-fogna was surrounded. He will be handed hand-ed over to the competent authorities." A message from Split (Spalato) tells of tho excitement there whon word of the coup at Trau was received. At 2 p. m. on September 2:1 Serhian troops left for Trau "covered with llowers" and amid popular enthusiasm. Before the Serbians reached Trau, the message says, tho Inhabitants of ths t Pi nee "took up arms and firing on the Italians began." "About noon." It continues, "an American Amer-ican destroyer arrived off Trau. As soon as tlte Italians hoard the sound of iirlng and learned of the coming of the Serbian Troops and the arrival of the American destroyer they left tho town at the double. "The inhabitants captured an Italian armored motor car. the officer command-ins command-ins tho troops and three soldiers. Both |