Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1919 — CLASH WITH ITALIANS [ARTICLE]

CLASH WITH ITALIANS

FRENCH IN FIGHT WITH D’ANNUNZIO’S SOLDIERS. * Geneva Dispatch Reports Many Killed or Wounded—ltalian Troops Were Pillaging Depots. Paris, Dec. 12. —French trops have clashed with D’Annunzio volunteers nt Flume and many were killed and wounded on both sides, according to a Geneva (Switzerland) dispatch printed by the Petit Parislen, with reservation. It is said the D’Annunzians had pillaged French depots. London, Dec. 12. —Gabriele D’Annunzio is ready to co-operate with the Italian government to bring about a return of normal conditions In the Adriatic’, if satisfactory guarantees are given that Italy will neither renounce Flume nor evacuate territories occupied since the signing of the armistice, it was officially stated here* The position of the poet-commander was given by Lieutenant Colonel D’Annunzio in a reply to the terms offered by General Badogllo, chief of staff of the.ltallan army, who, it is stated, proposed the retention of Flume by Italy and the surrender of all claims to Dalmatia.