| Show 0 ut e 0 to ac buring or events nd D f let MEIN MAY BE THE OF ADRIATIC the ra bacallo pallo agreement aire agreement ement of last november which fixed the status of tile troublesome city of F lume flume and dai disposed of other moot points in regard to territory on the eastern shore of the adriatic sea gave italy tin an important foo foothold thota hear bear flume in inice the obscure island of chelso practically unheard of on this side ot the atlantic eluding most travel era e even escaping many of the seekers after the tha little known places of E europe drope chelso neither Is In access ble nor unattractive it dangles like a pendant in the gulf of Qu Qua arnero low hung bung from the neck of flume fiume it Is the long island of that port its shore line rising 12 miles to the south its slender form extends to the southwest for 40 miles though it never exceeds seven miles in width and its area Is somewhat more than twice that of the diarl als tract et of columbia holding in mind this location near tile the head of the adriatic in view of 0 the plans to make flume a buffer state between italy and jugo the strat Vic possibilities of chelso become apparent one may picture it as a potential helgeland Hel goland of the aarl adriatic a tie A natural curiosity of the luland island Is lake or crows lake with a surface 40 teca above the sea level fed and drained by invisible streams the island la Is rugged wath alth one mountain peak rising more than 2000 feet above the Qu guarnero arnero roi waters gibraltar like rocks rise precipitously 1000 feet along one of its shores here are the domelike dome doine like ilke caverns of now protected from the sea by a wave vave built rock barrier the devastating dora bora which sweeps the dalmatian coast drips its salt spray over cherbo excluding many varieties of plant life the absence of large lare trees and scarcity of springs are two physical characteristics in the north laurel and mastle mastic grow and vines and olive trees abound in the sout boothem fiern port portion loti politically chelso was included in istria when under austrian rule with its neighbor islands aussin to the southwest and beglin to the east it was a part of the aussin district cerso lies iles off the shores of the northern part of dalmatia Dal matla and the croatian littoral a region formerly known as tile the morlac cala channel preserves this name originating with the slavic invaders of dalmatia Dal matla who called the Latini zed people they found there flachs or stavro flachs ablack black flachs thus the glav this region have hate come to be known aby by a corruption of this title as Mor lachs in rural districts Morlac chlan women retain their historic hiR toile costume which includes a kerchief tor for the head many strands 0 of beads a waist band from froin which hang amulets and various trinkets ets and over a blue cloth gown an apron of exquisite embroidered pattern rt about her neck on an unmarried girl wears a string of coins and rings which comprise her dowry formerly the men inen wore their hair bair in a plait |
