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Show t& 8 A A a& A ifla A 3 'A I DECK HE FOR I HDHEWZOLLERN FAIL I TOIPEIGI I Announcement Made That jj Dutch Government Refuses Ii to Grant Request HUNGARIAN ELECTION I I . MAY MEAN MONARCH j Control of Fiume by Captain ! D'Annunzio Declared Bad for Disputed City ; I THE HAGUE, Jan. 23. The Dutch government has H refused the demand of the al- j, H lied powers for the extradi- ; H tion of former Emperor Wil- H Ham of Germany. H BRUSSELS, Jan. 23. The territor- H ies of Malmedy and Eupen, which had jbeen annexed by Germany but. were returned to Belgium January 10, un- der the peace treaty, now arc under the absolute sovereignty of Belgium. The royal commissioner, who is to ad minister these districts, is taking mea- j sures to make the transition easier J for the inhabitants and the customs of the population arc not in any way to be interfered with, it is declared. MONARCHY FEARED. H VIENNA, Wednesday. Jan. 22. There is a growing belief here that the approaching Hungarian elections will result in the establishment of a monarchical government. The activity of monarchists in Austria is being watched closely and there have been rumors that a reactioniirypuld. H CONTROL DISASTROUS. 1 H FIUME, Jan. 23. Captain Gabriele d'Annunzio's control of this city has ) been disastrous to the people, who j have little food and arc suffering from epidemics, according to Riccardo Zn-nella, Zn-nella, opponent of d'Anminzio and leader of the Fiuman people's party. He says the poet-soldier is afraid of assassination and is constantly under guard and that his action in seizing the city has resulted in international embarrassment for Italy. "Captain d'Annunzlo has violated ev-cry ev-cry principle of free government," says Signor Zanella, who vas former- i ly mayor of the city. "He has lodged his legions on our people, has troubled the city for months and has comman-deered comman-deered property under threats of vio- j lencc. The people are sick of his re gime. There is little food and much disease and suffering while our finan-cial finan-cial situation is appalling. Ninety per ; cent of the citizens are calling for d'Annunzlo and his men to leave." GIVEN MORE TIME. PARIS, Jan. 23 The time in which the Jugo-Slav government must give j a definite reply as to whether it will ! acqept the settlement of the Adriatic 11 question reached by the supreme couu- cil early this week, was extended to- IH day for three days by the British and French governments. The extension fH was granted upon the request of For- jH eign Minister Trumbnght, of Jugo-Slavia. Jugo-Slavia. ATTITUDE PRAISED. ROME, Jan. 23. Commenting on Premier Nitti's return from Paris, the Corriere d'ltalia characterizes his at-titude at-titude toward the Jugo-Slavs on the Adriatic question as most praise- jH worthy as it demonstrated tangibly tho jH good will of Italy and the lack of any imperialistic aims on her part, while the Jugo-Slavs, the newspaper adds, demonstrated that their policy was iH quite the contrary. l "Italy," says this commentator. jH "with the concessions made by Pre- jH 'mier Nitti. set a good example. lc jH I now is Belgrade's turn to imitate her. jH I Let us hope that the advice of inodera- jH Uon from the Anglo-French press may have upon the Jugo-Slavs tho good ef-1 ef-1 feet which was not secured in the past. We believe this advice may bring satisfactory results." ERRONEOUS DEDUCTION. jH PARIS, Thursday, Jan. 23 The re-cent re-cent announcement of the imminent dispatch of an extensive military expo-dition expo-dition to the Caucasus was an erron-eous erron-eous deduction caused by tho fact that the British had given notice of ina-bility ina-bility to furnish their quota of troops for the plebiscite areas, according to a statement from the foreign office to- jH -oo :i |