ITALIAN DISTURBANCES
BRANDISHING OF KNIVES TROUBLE NT MELBOURNE CLASH WITH VISITING CREW United Press Assn —Eie**. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 17. 3.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE. Feb. 17 ! A series of incidents relating to Fascism marked the visit of the Italian • cruiser Raimondo Mcntecuccoli to Mei- j bourne. In addition to an assault yesterday j on board the cruiser on an Italian resident of Melbourne. Ottavio Orlando, j Italian sailors brandishing knives are , alleged to have caused a disturbance j at a club used by the Italian community, and two city men who visited the cruiser stated that they were ordered to th<» commander's cabin where they were asked whether they had made dern*r%tory remarks about Signor Mussolini. An officer on the cruiser said sailors had dealt with Orlando because they had taken him for a man who had distributed antl-Fascist leaflets. The police authorities, fearing a clash between demonstrators and the crew of the cruiser, have doubled the guard on the wharf where the warship lies
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 10
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