ustria-Hungary."

AVANTI SAVOIA!

It would be tedious to chronicle a thousandth part of the outrages,
crimes and stupidities committed on Yugoslav territory by the Italians.
Where they were threatened with an armed resistance they yielded. Thus
on November 14, when they had reached Vrhnica (Ober-Laibach) on their
way to Ljubljana (Laibach), they were met by Colonel Svibi['c] with
sixteen other officers who had just come out of an internment camp in
Austria. Svibi['c] requested the Italians to leave Vrhnica. He said that
he and the Serbian commander at Ljubljana would prevent the advance of
the Italians into Yugoslav territory. They would be most reluctant to be
obliged to resort to armed force should the Italians continue their
advance, and they declined responsibility for any bloodshed which might
ensue.... The colonel of the Italian regiment which had been stationed
for some days at Vrhnica informed the mayor of that commune that he had
received orders to depart; he retired to the line of demarcation fixed
by the Armistice conditions.

THE ENTENTE AT RIEKA

It was ironical that a young State, struggling into life, should be
hindered, not by former enemies but by friends of its friends. The
Italians complained that the French, British and Americans were not
fraternizing with them. In the first place, it was repugnant to the
sense of justice of these nations when they saw that General di San
Marzano, after having fraudulently seized the town of Rieka and turning
its absolutely legal Governor into the street, did not ask the citizens
to organize a temporary local government, in which all parties would be
represented, but delivered, if you please, the town to fifteen
gentlemen, the I.N.C., who--at the very utmost--represented half the
population. On November 24, the local newspaper _Il Popolo_ announced in
a non-official manner that the I.N.C., in full accord with the military
command, had taken over the administration--_i poteri pubblici_. This,
by the way, was never confirmed by the representatives of the other
Allies. The I.N.C. furthermore declared null and of no effect any
intervention of the Yugoslav National Council in the affairs of the
authorities of the State of Rieka. When the Yugoslavs appealed to the
French, British or Americans they were naturally met with sympathy and
urged to have patience. Case after case of high-handed dealing was
reported to these officers. They sometimes intervened with good ef