ITALIAN MONARCHISTS
Band Formed After The Signing
Of The Armistice
POLITICAL TRIAL AT BAR!
Rec. 11.30 a.m. LONDON, June 28
A trial, promising widespread Eolitical repercussions, has begun efore a military tribunal in Bari, says the Associated Press Rome correspondent. The defendants are accused of forming a band of 6000 men after the Italian armistice in 1943, pledged to serve the Monarchy against the Communists and the Republicans. One of the accused, Salvatore Russo, an Italian Army officer, gave evidence that the Army Corps at Bari had equipped and supplied the band and Army Headquarters at Brindisi had financed it. King Victor Emmanuel received Russo at Brindisi, where plans were made for a Monarchist campaign. Other defendants gave evidence that the band foiled an attempt against Victor Emmanuel's life in the autumn of 1943. The band carried out espionage against the Communists, maintaining a constant watch over the party's headquarters at Bari and Brindisi. It is alleged that the band committed robbery and aggression, broke into homes and conducted illegal searches.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 152, 29 June 1945, Page 5
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