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Show Italian Navai and Mili- I tary Forces Surround the City. FOOD SUPPLY LOW I All Avenues for Rushing I Stores Into City Closed. i PARIS. Sept. 18 Italy is throwing, a naal and military cordon about theM mn of Plume, which is still held by I J Captain Gabrlele d Annunzio's for. r Pood supplies of Fiume are report.' to bo low and an effort is being mafl- I j to dose all avenues by which stoiesM jean be, rushed into the city and thus J I Ho force the surrender of Ihe troops I holding the place. I Advices received here indicate that,' Captain d'Annunzio's men have en-' trenched themselves about the city and Intend to defend 11 against any I attack which may be made in the event it Is lound impossible to hold Fiume. it Is said, plans have been laid ; to destroy the c ity. J I General Badoglio, deputy chief of 1 staff of the Italian army, has issued a 1 'proclamation calling on the d'Annun 1 zio troops to return to their unit. Some ' arc said to have left the city. General Diaz, commander-in-chief of the Ital- ' lan army, has been recalled from his ' vacation and has been in conference: with King Victor Emmanuel and I 1 Premier Nitti All dispatches relating 1 to the situation at Fiume are being!1 subjected lo rigorous censorship, but II ts reported Hear Admiral Casamova, who landed al Fiume on Tuesday Lo 1 ieslorc order, is under virtual arrest j 1 there. It develops there were no ! American detachments in Fiume wht n , : t.'aptain d'Annunzlo marched into the ' city. Annunzlo Addresses Throng EtOMEh Sunday, Sept. 11 I. a war , oluntccr and a mutilated fighter, appeal , to letor Hugo's Prance, to lilton's Eng- i lund and Lincoln's Amerlea and spcak- , i Ing as an interpreter of the valorous sen-I sen-I tlments of the Italian people, procdaim- , Ing the annexation of Fiume to Italy," , said Captain Gabilcle d'Annunzlo spcalc- Ing to on immense throng the day his "Irregular ' force? marched Into Fiume. j aceordlng to reports reaching this city, i Captain d'Annunzlo. who is reported to , j have been quite III and suffering a hltrh , I fever vhen he reached Plume, went to , tho commander's palace, being borne i , ; along by n crowd that seemed eracd t j I with patriotic. fcror. After entering the,! , palace he was aaked to speak and la once went to the balcony overlooking , ; tho crowd , "I am so ill that I will say but a few words," he began with a simple gesture. : ( In tho present mad. cowurdl) world 1 , there Is one pure thing our love for ' , Flume Fiume stands like a lighthouse I over the sea of degradation People ot ; Plume, do you confirm your vote of Oc , toher 30, last, when you decided for an- n, ),tion to Italy"" , l'l lroiii tlv erowd r-nie n tremen- , dOUS shout Of "Yr: i Captain d'Annunzlo then unfurled the Lri-colored flag of Trieste which he orhe With him throughout the war and which ' ' was consecrated in Ilome. pressing it to L his lips while the people responded with I ( wild cheers. 1 1 Captain d Annunzlo has a force of , more than ten thousand men. wdilch has 1 , OCi upled the line separating Hume from 1 Jugo-Slav territory This line has been , strongly fortified. oo , |