ITALIAN UNREST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18626, 7 August 1922, Page 5

ITALIAN UNREST

FASCIST! OCCUPY MILAN. TEE STRIKE CASUALTIES, Pies* Association —By Telegraph—Oopynghi ROME, August 4. Sections of the Fascisti are elated at smashing the strike. They axe apparently determined to oust their adversaries from all authority. The Hascisti took possession of Milan Palace after replacing the Mayor by a Commissioner. The speakers, including D'Annunzio, addressed large crowds. All the buildings occupied by the Communists in Ancona were destroyed. Four persons were killed in fighting at Genoa, which proceeded all night long. The Daily Telegraph’s Rome correspondent states that the end of the strike was declared by a mysterious triumvirat of the Labour Alliance. What specific object was achieved by this uncalled-for disturbance of the entire nation by a coterie of fanatical Labour leaders remains unexplained. As the result of incidental riots 10 to 15 Communists and Fascisti were killed and 40 injured.—A and N.Z. Cable. THE MILAN RIOTS. D’ANNUNZIO HARANGUES A CROWD ROME, August 4. D’Annunzio’s speech was followed by disturbances at Milan, in which 50 persons were injured. The Fascisti arrested 200 people. The disturbances ended by the Fascisti storming a municipal building and turning out the Socialist Town Council. D’Annunzio then addressed a Vast crowd in the Piazza from a balcony. In an impassioned and poetic speech, he said it was the first time that he had spoken in public since the anguish, grief, shame, and glory of Fiume, but the genius Italy had again taken possession of the people today.—A. and N.Z. Cable