ANGRY CROWD
‘‘DOWN WITH FASCISM” DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CREW EFFIGY OF MUSSOLINI BURNED United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 18. 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 18 Four thousand people demonstrated on the Port Melbourne waterfront last night as a protest against the assault on an Italian resident in the cruiser Raimond Montecuccoli on Tuesday. The demonstrators burned an effigy of Signor Mussolini, amid angry shouts of "Down with Fascism!” and "Punish the Fascist Brigands!” Princes Pier, where the Italian cruiser was berthed, was closely guarded by strong detachments of police. All members of the crew of the cruiser were refused shore leave. A crowd assembled on the road near the wharf and carried a stronglyworded resolution against Fascism. The motion censured the Federal Attorney-General for "not having taken action against this crime" and demanded an apology and compensation for the victim of the assault.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20427, 18 February 1938, Page 7
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