LATE NEWS COMMUNISTS CAUSE TROUBLE IN TRIESTE
(Rec. 3 p.m.) TRIESTE, September 24. The first clash between civil police under the Allied Military Government and Communists since the Communists called a general strike yesterday occurred when the police headed oif and broke up a march of 400 Communists from the Slovak district trying to reach the heart of the town. Twelve thousand workers left their jobs in response to the general strike” order, which a Communist dominated workers organisation issued as a protest against the Allied Military Government’s suspension of six of its members. Half the city, stores shut and half the transport failed to operate. The Allied Military Government, which branded the strike as the “first Communist attempt to hamper the essential life of Trieste,” arrested nine of the organisation’s members for allegedly assaulting and intimidating workers who refused to strike. A later message says that the Allied Military Government announced that the strike ended at midnight on September 24 (localtime).
The Jugoslav -Minister in Rome has protested to the Italian Foreign Minister '(Count Forza) about alleged acts of violence against Slovenes in the Julian March area, which was handed to Italy under the peace treaty.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 September 1947, Page 7
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