ITALIAN UPHEAVAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15320, 16 September 1920, Page 5

ITALIAN UPHEAVAL.

COiiOIIJNISM AT FIAT 'W'ORJKS. : 1 t^; '.Rl^ PREDICAAtENT. (Received Septembl.): 16, 12.36. pimT) : X y " ; /LOtf SON, . Sept. 15. Workmen m the Fiat factory, Tilrin, refuse to recognise the Confederation's leadership, and deda«M,he.y will, never; surrender the works. - .. Communist leader^ claim per. cent, of thirty thottsahd Fiat employees are working, but many of these are. makiiig munition- or. completing forts on. ■the, ;roofs of the w:orkshops. A good part of the day is consumed m meetings arid demonstrations. '•'• ..y .'"•'.' .-..'•.. . The Co-operative Alliance lent thfei stTikerß hajti a million lire, but this ia&. m'ere^ drop m the . buckets The Fiat Cohipany's wages alone were 140,000 lire, vtreeUy:~Uiiited- Service. . '..' , .. y- ROME. Sept.- 15. Details, m connection with "the commandeering of tlie*.}faetories show that-the-workers are up against aii awkwaixl pil6blem. ; Ra\v material, foodstuffs, and money are petering out. The workers* attempts to barter m&m-fa&tiired goods j for peasants' produce' "have been almost j barren m results. •'"."■' ' - - - " ' Z- J -Meanwhile troops are being drafted to ! Turin. Tanks, guiis, and" armoured! .cars ; 'are m readiness> as tho authorijjies- fear: hunger may drive' the workers to; make a descent upon ; the city.— -Ay ; arid N.Z.C.A. .'■-■■■-;■ ■:,, - ■-. •■£. ••■■•;.