CRISIS IN ITALY.
SEIZURE OF PROPERTY* 07ON- •„ TINGES. Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.l . t ROME, Sept.* 16. The industrial crisis continues to be nost serious. The seizure of property is going on. 'Hie '\vorkera have occupied the cotton mills m Lombardy and the wool : factories m Biella and! Piedmont, Bmployhig many thousands of hands. Hie Council of the Italian; Confederation! of Industries resolved not to re-open negotiations with the men unless they quit the workshops. The railwayme-n and seamen's- vorganisatious.^ChpWe^erihave decided to. transport »y any raw. material 'to" -''^ fche "* revolting '"*'"■ lactones*' despite the manufacturers' veto. ■Si^nor Giolitti recently met a. delegation of employers, who asked the (.lovernment to get them back the factories. Giolitti replied : "But the workmen inside if turned out will invade the streets!" The delegation replied : '"Bat it is your legal dntv ti» put them out !" Giolitti: 'IHow.r . The delegation: "Make a terrible example. Bombard *a factory !" Giolitti, with a sardonic smile, replied : "If so, be ; .sure I will begin by bombarding your factories!"— A. and N.Z.C.A. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15321, 17 September 1920, Page 3
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