GRAVE CRISIS IN ITALY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 20 June 1924, Page 7

GRAVE CRISIS IN ITALY.

Arrest of Leading Fascist. PRESS CENSORSHIP IMPOSED. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, June 18. A censorship is operating m Italy and reports are meagre and belated. Filipelli’s arrest in Genoa was dramatic. He had secured a inotoi boat and was already at sea when lie was pursued and captured by the police and marines in four submarine chasers. Albino Yolpi was captured in a small inn at Ballabia, which the police su. rounded.

PROTEST FROM ENGLAND. HOPES FOR RECOVERY OF EARLIER FREEDOM. By Cable —Pres.* Assu. nation—Copyright. Received 5.5 p.m., June 19. LONDON, June IS. The General Council of the British Trade Union Congress and the Executive Committee of the Labour Party passed a resolution expressing profound indignation at the Matteotti affair, and charging the leaders of Fascism with moral responsibility for his death. They also telegraphed wishing success to the efforts of the Italian Trade Unions movement to recover the right of free combination, political and civic freedom, and a judiciary free from Government influence.