UNREST IN ITALY.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16702, 10 December 1919, Page 9

UNREST IN ITALY.

GENERAL STRIKE FAILS

•'Br Cahle-PrMi Aiwor-ation— fAuitraiun jr.'l V.Z. Cab]« Anociation.) J'O.AfE, Decern I •or 1. The newspapers declare that the -nike h.'i-i tailuil everywhere. The .'oreign Socialist leaders called it off, (earing that a half-hearted continuation would be disastrous to their prestige. The Minister of State declared that the Ilolslicvik carnival had exhausted itself. liio Govornment was keeping a nun hand on events, and a speedy return to order was expected. There was uproar in the Chamber when the Socialists and Clericals of the respective groups assumed n t hreaterimg attitude. Debate was impossible owing to tho vociferous liowltng and vulgar invective. A resort to violence seemed inevitable, but tho I resident prevented nn outbreak. It is feared in some quarters that a continuation of the scenes will render I'iirlinment useless, and pos°ibly necessitate another general election. D*ANNUNZIO'S ACTIVITIES. — • r , . ROME, December 8. I) Annunzio denies absolutely his inuntion of making further attacks on I'Hlmatia. GRAVE CRISIS PAST. (Beot*r'* Tel»2T»m«.) < Iteroved December oth. 10.20 n.m.) • , , ROME. December 4. Jtaly s gravest crisis is now past. Tho strikers insist upon n oontiniianco of idleness hero as a manifewtation of con<lolcnrf> with the relative* of the dead at' S'' 1 ' rxro Ption of thoso at Annies, tho strikers have returned to work, Tho extremists hoped that tho soldiers won d refttso to fire, and that n?<! th i ,s P Ol tho wnper hand. ppen u- 1 ' nTIfI turbulent rvwMirrrii tions, rwulting in shootings, occurred in every industrial district. the extremists are few, however, and the country m expected to settle down.