El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-10
ROME, DESPITE
STRICT GUARD.
IS GAY CITY
Soldiers Spring Up Like
Magic To Quen Out
burst Of Radicals.
TROOPS HOLD
GRIP ON REDS

By PERCIFAL PHILLIPS.
DONE. Italy. Jan. 10.-Field-grey
N infantry IN tin hats are banked
against the ministry OF war idly
watching the streams OF traffic drift
up and down the sunny Wis VENT
Settembre. through the great door
way lorrieE can be massed in the
courtyard ready for instant use. A
long-haired gentleman wearing a red
tie scowled at them just now as he
numbered past in his ancient cab, and
the soldiers smiled az him pleasantly.
Typifica Attitude.
Their attitude seemed to typify the
general feeling Of Rome during this
somewhat critical week A few pro-
cessions-some following the red flag.
others behind the national colOrs-
were the only outburst OF sentiment
marking the days Of the general
When striking worlmen recently
sought 10 gather in the little squares
Of old Rome, carabinierf and civil
guards Eproured as though by magic
from buildings and quietly SET them
moving once more. A socialist ora
Tor haranEuing the passers-by from
the steps OF the Piazza St. Claudia
Yielded Immediately TO the gesture OF
authority.
Touriatl, guide book In hand.
stroll among the @niEhez1 OF
Rome a. freely a. in pre-uar
dagn- Lmlortunate guides and
humEeEs Of cheap sautiQuea1 In
Test the piazza Of St Peter'Ht
he tourist offices are fun OF IN
CURING traveller
one is impressed by the evident
strength OF the military force in
Rome. The barracks are full In ad
cllon TO the ordinary line infantry
and cavalry there are generous sup
plies OF civil guards, carabi1ieri and
ordinary police at hand. Public
lament have exhibited their encir- !
cling cordons, but otherwise the I
mailed fist though ever pOised, has I
been adroitly concealed
Weary Of Business.
The soldiers. no less than the cara I
Diuieri and civil guards are weary 4
enough Of the business. They want /
10 be demobilized and sent home. 1
The carablnierL who have borne the 4
hrunt Of the work in recent clashes /
excite general admiration by thier I
even temper and patience In han
ding uuruly SOCIALISTS A London I
policeman could not be more re-
strained
Whenever the troops appear.
changing quarters or being relieved, j
the streets They look war-Worn and
lraTel-Etained n their old uniforms,
but very fit They come swinging /
rapidly down the Via Sistine OF Via 4
Nazi0nale-Wiry little men. sWathsd !
iu thick blanket rolls, stepping like i
men who sport many colored ribbons
% their tight tunlcs-
Hold Much Interest.
They cleave a passage through the
maze Of vehicles and the crowd hats.
>aCdaled Capuchins. Dominicals II
white. youthful clerics with the IN
sigma Of a college on their cassocks,
and an occasional aged nrelate peer j
Ing from under his scarlst-colOred
hat pause at the curb 10 see the
column 90 by
r. IS a picturesque, ever-shifting
sr0Wd. one might almost call IL a
stolid crowd as Wen, for all the emo
lion % shows. A few staccato cries Of \
lpprobation perhaps. but usually
1suc-though a friendly silence
marks the passage OF the men IN (
grey. A Roman crowd Is not given 10
-heerluE.
Rome f. crowded. Rich refugees
and homeless Italians who cannot
procure flats though offering the
price Of g palace IN the great K
hotels
Mysterious individuals. apparently I
and wholly cosmopOli-
an. frequent the public rooms and
american bars You can hear a
sreez and an Egyptian talking good
english over their Scotch and soda.
Wealthy HunEarians rub shoulders
With very conversational Poles: Rus
sian uoblemen discourse on the hor-
-ors OF Bolshevism. and all the
angled politics Of central Europe
md the near east are talked over at
nterminable length IN these cara
-znsaries- A tinge OF British khaki
stu pervzies the scene. but u is
diminishing steadily
Colony Growing.
The foreign colony is large. and
rowing larger Passport 1ormalities .
ave been cut 10 a minimum A hotel
porter collects the registration
laDers and a permits de se5our comes =
pack automatically from the pre-
'ecture. Prices are soaring diZzlly- :
ret money Is spent freely. and much
II &c IS about. Some articles cos
.even times what they did in pre-
rar DAYS. Nevertheless. foreigners
Who know Italy profess confidence
ID her ability to emerge safely from
he crisis
AIR DEATH RATE Low
London, Eng, Jan. 10.-The report
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