Evening star., 1921-07-10
ITALIANS TURNING
AGAINST FASC|ST|
Movement, by Going Too Far,
Now Set Upon by the
Workmen.
SOCIALISTS RALLY AGAIN
500, 900 Unemployed Believed to Be
Likely to Swell to 5000, 900
in Few Months.
SOCIALISTS RALLY AGAIN
MANOEL QUEZON,
BY EDGAR ANsEL MOwRER.

BY EDGAR ANsEL MOwRER.
By Oahae to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921.
ROME. Italy. July 9.-Fascisti vio-
lence has led to a vast movement of
reorganization and opposition among
Italian socialists and workers of all
classes Fascist by the hundreds were
organized throughout the country. and.
consistently protected by the police. they
spread terror among the peasants who
were ready for revolt and restored conf
dence in the existing order. Now. by
going too far. they have brought about
a reorganization movement among the
workers. not all Of whom are disposed
tamely to submit to violence, the burn
ing Of their centers and the assaulting
of their leaders.
Organizations called "Arditi of the
People" have been organized on the
model of the Fascist. and in this
work the first battle between the two
organizations was fought in Rome.
Socialists Being Aided.
Another result of Fascist violence
has been to enable the socialists to
maintain themselves and to rally all
the previously dissenting groups
aF'una !. almost certas sans'e that eannsr the next
election. which is thought to be fairly
near. will result in a large increase in
the number Of socialist representatives
The worldwide crisis in dehation
and readjustment is reaching Italy.
where 100000 persons are now un-
that within a few months the number
will reach 100000. This situation is
bound to be extremely critical in Italy.
where the majority of the workers.
even after the wartime prosperity, live
much closer to the pauper line than do
the workers in the United States. The
closing of that country to these un-
employed will make the situation dan
gerous.
10000 Workers Protest.
Something Of the significance of the
coming state Of affairs was seen on
Wednesday. when 10000 or more
workers of various parties met near
the Coliseum to protest against Fas-
cisti violence and to celebrate the
reconciliation of various tendencies
within the labor movement. Premier
Giolittfs tactics split the socialists.
but the Fascist reunited them. The
government forbade any parades. and
surrounded the meeting place and the
adjacent streets and principal thor
ouRhfares with thousands of soldiers
and police. including cavalry. placed
machine guns at strategic points and
mobilized half dozen armored motor
cars. The Fascist were also present
with their allies, the police.
ExpressiOn Of Pntriotism.
The meeting was remarkable for
the expression of patriotism con-
tatned in the speeches and for the
comparative order maintained There
were a few skirmishes and some
twenty or thirty persons We're hurt
but generally the day was quiet. 1t
directed bv civilian Fascist. from
whom the troops and police apparent
ly took orders.
The new government promises 70
enforce the law equally, but 1t seems
unlikely that it will be able to do SO.
The Giolitti ministry fell through al
lowing the conservatives to attack its
foreign policy and through the social
jst disapproval of the favoritism
shown the Fascist and nationalists,
but the new ministry. which is con-
sidered in every way satisfactory to
Gfolitti, the retiring political boss
will hardly be able to depart from the
lines established by its predecessor.
It will probably be Of short duration.
Ivanoe Bonomf, former lieutenant of
Bissolati and former socialist. is
deemed a good administrator, but he
is hardly Of the caliber to pilot the
country through the turbulent after
the-war crisis On the whole, the
new ministry leans toward the left; {;
It has the p1atonic approval of the
socialists, the active support of the
ciericals and the hostility OF the Fas-
cisti and nationalists.