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Show Italian Destroyer Shells D'Annunzian Battery Near Fiunie 1 - ! LONDON, Dec. 'S.i. Military operations have been begun by! Italian government troops againsl tunes in and aboul Kunnc commanded com-manded by Gabriele d'Ahnunzio who refuses to evacuate the citj ! and permit Italy to put into operation the provisions of the treat of Bapallo. Dispatches received here slate thai military works along the line marking the frontier oi the "regency of Quarnero" havt ueen raided and an Italian destroyei i-; t i I to have shelled d'Annun ' .ian batteries mi the sland of Veglia, Bouthwesl ( Fiunie - a . An atti mot on ih pari ol d Annun- zio to seize control of the Mont.igna anal, 1 mining down the Dalmatian coast behind a screen of low Islands. has been foiled. Men despatched toj Casti Verenl, northeast of Zara. a point which commands the southern entrance to the canal, were forced to retreat, some of them being cup-, Lured and others disarmed. D'An-nunzlnn D'An-nunzlnn legionaries which have been, actflig as garrison at Zara arc said to bat e fled from that citv. SCHEME FRUSTlt VI ED Jt is asserted that d'Ahnunsio planned to abandon .Flume and to' kind somowhi-r,' along the Dalmatian ( oast, w here he would mis,- the ban-ner ban-ner of revolt, hoping to create B alt- . nation which would nullify the treaty; Ot K.pallo. His scheme, however, is aald to have been frustrated by government gov-ernment troops which prevented the; departure from the city of vessels loaded with legionaries. STATE QV M Alt j D'Armunzio has proclaimed that a state of war exists between his Ki-111110 Ki-111110 government and Italy and has( forbidden the population of Fiumo tO( leave tho city, sayi Rome dispatch to the Bxchange Telegraph quoting of-I of-I ficia) advices. The proclamation. Ka . the Central News Komc correspondent, adds that anyone speaking against d Annun;:to I is liable 10 be shot. TRAi KS lukN i p ItuME. Dec. 23. To all appcar-ances appcar-ances a. state of war 1ms been re-ertab-,llshcd bv d'A iimin.lo forces along the 'Flume front. Roads or.d railway trac ks have: been im n up. barbed wire I entanglements hav been established and all telephone and, telegraph wires hading Into lium, have been cut. General Cayiglia, commander of government troops around Plume, has I issued manifestos urging his men lo give ovidonco of their discipline and loyalty. Captain Gabriele d'Annunslo. on th other hand. Is launching his ap- peals. He is praising sailors of Italian destroyers which recently took their ships over to the d'Annunzion side. He says that the mutiny of sailors is 1 worthy of imitation and his rebellion is "a holy war." Ill Ml I SOLA! ED 1 TKIKST, Dec. 22. .yy the ASS.001-ated ASS.001-ated Fress. Strong cordons of carbineers car-bineers and Alpinl, brigaded into probably prob-ably 8 score of battalions, bav, been thrown about Plume and completely I isolated that cltj b) land. The Ital"-llan Ital"-llan fleet, which has fts headquarters at Poia is scouring the Gulf of Quarnero Quar-nero duy and night for d Annunzio alders, and searcnlighis play on tho waters from twilight till dawn. Following the Issuance of orders to establish a close blockade. G. 101.1! c'.'iviglla. Italian commander, directed kthut foreign citizens and civilians In I Flume be given 48 hours to leave the city. |