New-York tribune., 1922-11-12

{ wks sitting in cafe en- the broad side
I uaIk in the Corso at Rome with
vrcup of young Italians. They were
.A a The intelligentsia. Tho time was
ss jay.
xnile not then active participants in the
,.;st; movement these young men sympa-
ss,s with It and, undoubtedly with thou
e of others of the youth of italy, are
i enrosled among the wearers Of the
a..,k shirt.'' The conversation---every Ital-
i I. vauth is saturated with politics and dis
.ssss political affairs as young Americans
e expansive over sports--was about the
! s.ss ministry then nearing it's fall
afhis ministry" said one, tis weak, vaciI-
,,sss and belongs to the old regime; its
....o Is to please everybody and play poll
4 We are tired of the endless delays, the
Il ssavenfional talk and excuses. We want
sosssament that has the courage to be one
,A;ng d tie other, government that will
a,ecuts tie law and conserve the results
vhiet Isly fought for and won in the war.
We II want ministry that win really get
say and DO something"
Arg one VINO chanced TO be in italy la
agass, especially in the neighborhood OF
saah and Genoa, would have concluded that
as wish of young Italy was being fulfilled
aA vengeance. The Socialists and Com
nsasts called strike on Jailways, street
u lines and in number Of industries. The
facish promptly informed Rome that unless
u government intervened to break the
/ AFascisti, would run the cars and break It.
he government, as in the industrial strike
4 1920, when the workers seized the facto-
lies In north Italy and tried to run them, did
mhng, remained passive or neutral, and the
Fascist kept their promise. They sent out
pation-wide mobilization order for their
1900 or more active adherents, and in a
sees they had not only broken the labor strike
sut also virtually routed and largely de-.
snyed the Socialistic and Communistie
wser in Italy.
On the morning of August 21 I was awak
! ensd in my hotel at Milan about 6 o'clock by
he voices and cheering of hundreds of people
4 gathered IN the great square before Milan
1 Cathedral. I looked out to see half dozen
4 noley cars swinging into the plaza loaded
With black k-shirted Fascist, the cars with their
aaas draped with tri-coior and Fascist en-
81 henls, with Fascisti at the motors and Fas-
s. est as conductors, even some of the more
enthusiastic youths of the order riding ON
tesatsof the cars, crying "Viva Fascisti!"
Il and leading in the singing Of their national
q Ma
81 10 Huare was filed with citizens SEEM
%gd all classes, many of the applauders
ay Of the employer class evidently, and
aarWas no doubt as to what public opinion
! sNnily thought about the matter. I won
aa at the lack of resistance to the strike
arssers on the part of the Socialists. Per-
i bps the vigor with which the Fascist went
Sa the attack overawed them, or they may
$ ARE read the signs of the times during the
lfeeding months when the new Mussolinian
Sions were enrolling by the hundreds daily
nash recruits with which to fight radicalism
/ md all forms of Bolshevism in Italy.
To be sure, there were some fatalities and
ane broken heads, for the "black shirts"
vefe like bloodhounds on the trail of any
tamnunist or radical who showed himself in
ablic While / was in Genoa the Fascist
a'rned the Socialist headquarters, and the
Fteets fer day or two were swept clear of
! Ndestrians, while armored cars and machine