The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
CABINET PROClAIMS
MARTIAL Law; LATER
ORDER Is RESCINDEO
Makes Plea to People for
Order in Face of Fas
cisti Moves.

Rome, Oct 2S.-(By The Asso-
ciated ess.)-The cabinet council
has been in session since midnight
in order to receive reports from
the provinces where the Fascist
movement has taken subversiye
direction and to adopt necessary
measures to meet the situation.
The cabinet decided first to issue
a proclamation declaring state Of
siege in all the provinces begin
ming at noon today. but later this
! decision was modified and a procla-
nation was issued urging the pub
+ lie to maintain order in the face of
insurrectionary attempts.
Text Of Proclamation.
The proclamation to the people
| says:
| "Seditious movements having
manifested themselves In certain
! provinces of Italy, having as their
object the interruption OF the nor
NAL function of states powers and
calculated to plunge the country
into grave trouble, the government
as far as is possible, tried every
means of settlement, in the hope Of
reestablishing peace and reaching
a peaceful solution Of the crisis.
In the face Of such insurrectiCn-
ary attempts it is the duty Of the
retiring government, by all means,
at whatever cost, to maintain law
and order, and this duty it will
carry out to the full in order TO
safeguard the citizens and free con-
stitutiOnal instructions.
1T is the governments expecta-
tiOn that the citizens will remain
calm and have confidence In the
measures taken for their safety.
Long live Italy.
Long live the king"
Fascist Wants Cabinet.
Reports received by the cabinet
council from number Of points Ia
central Italy show that the Fascist
are extending their movement with
view to exerting pressure for The
formation of Fascist cabinet.
The Facta ministry, despite its
resignation, is acting with energy
to reestablish order
Rome and all of the large cities,
up to the present time, have NOS
been the scene of any disturbances
of moment.
Situation lmprovedf
London, Oct 2S.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. Martial law was
proclaimed in Italy today to taxa
; effect at noon today but the proc
lamation later was rescinded, it 3
stated in dispatches from the
Stefani Agency, in Rome, in semi
official Italian news organization
1t is explained that the with
: drawal of the proclamation is the
+ result Of an improvement in the
situation.
> Special dispatches early this
. morning told Of the beginning OF a
: concerted movement by the Fascist
against several towns. Florence.
! Pisa, Cremona, and other chief
centers were declared to have been
taken over by the Fascist forces
: who deposited the stare authorities
l and assumed command. Apparent
: Iy, according to these advices, tnere
was no resistance.
King Is In Rome.
Communication in all parts OF tie
country are badly disorganized, and
the news of the declaration OF mar
tial law is the first to reach mere
since the movement started.
King Victor Emmanuel is known
to have returned to Rome last
night with the intention of con-
ferring today with various princi-
! pal leaders in an endeavor to form
a new cabinet to succeed the Facta
ministry, which was forced out by
the threats of the Fascist