Show f Annunzio 0 Menaces Italian Throne r I r t r I rI r t r t r P I r I Aggressive Tactics Of Poet Warrior Bring rig New eW Crisis rises 0 ONDON Nov 22 The The situation on the Adriatic as a result of Gabriele L LONDON campaign has reached a crisis Private advices leave no doubt that he is determined to annex Dalmatia and attack Montenegro The Slavs Jugo-Slavs are stated to have concentrated troops and to b bo be prepared to resist aggression Another report says la s 's a republican undercurrent directed against the I Italian monarchy exists among forces It is stated in the advices that further aggression by dAnnunzio will certainly precipitate hostilities with the Slavs Jugo-Slavs who however it is declared will direct their attack against dAnnunzio and not against the Italian government It is not known whether the insurgent poet leader shares the reported ambition of ot this military element to attack the government SELECTIONS ELECTIONS WERE AGAINST HIM I DAnnunzio it appears has been stirred to further efforts by the fact hat that the Italian elections were unfavorable unta to his cause Many adventurers arg ar tl to his LUs standard r t e r p r s st t at anA d LC J element Je 6 t. t there seems To ro be a a. a desire to make snake him president of Italy Some well informed quarters believe he merely desires to annex Dalmatia for Italy and has no republican ambition Whatever his attitude may be beon beon beon on this question however then there appears to be no doubt that he has not abandoned his plans of aggression in the Adriatic A late report from Rome says the military party which favors the annexation of ot Dalmatia has brought such strong pressure to bear upon the government that the situation is delicate AMERICAN EMBASSY REPORTS Today's London dispatches supplement advices from Rome received last night which reported the American embassy actively engaged in watching the situation which was reported as as holding the possibility of serious development from hour to hour as regarded both Italy proper and the Dalmatian coast Venice to which Naval Reeves has gone to report on conditions is only about seventy seventy fIve five miles from Flume on the water route and nearer yet by the land lines The possibility of a move e in into o Istria by dAnnunzio was mentioned in recent advices in which case the prediction was made that whole divisions of Italian regulars would be likely to follow him An move would take him to the borders of Venetia in which Venice lies Italy's internal conditions have been rendered more uncertain by the recent elections which gave the Socialists largely increased representation The issue i is s sharply drawn between the Nationalist elements which applaud Fiume Flume adventure and the pacifist Socialists who are bitterly against any move mo that will be likel likely again to involve Ita Italy y-n y in war r- r |