The New York herald., 1922-10-31
MUSSOLIM APPOINTS
CABINET WHILE ROME
HAILS-HIM DICTATOR
Troubles and Triumphs OF
a Caesar as King Gives
Him Recognition.
CHEERS FOR ROYALTY
Distribution of Patronage
Is First Difficulty He
Encounters.
BLACK SHIRTS RULE CITY
Wreck Foes Offices as Sol
diers Look On, and Sup
press Hostile Press.
BLACK SHIRTS RULE CITY
by LAURENCE HILLS.

by LAURENCE HILLS.
Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALD
Copyright, 1929, by THE NEW weYoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Rome. Oct. 30.
Benito Mussolini~ arrived in Rome
to-day to meet the triumph and
troubles Of a Caesar. Virtually ac-
knowledged as the dictator of Italy.
not only by his frenzied followers but
by the more placid citizens. the Fas-
cista leader made his way amid
tumultuous scenes from the station to
the Quirinal. to be received by the
King and to accept royal warrant to
form a Government--which is moth
ing less than dictatorship under royal
sanction.
The italian Chamber of Deputies.
whose acceptance of the Government
is ordinarily required, has practically
dispersed for fear of the Fascist. The
members of Parliament. most of them
anti -Fascista, have made for their
homes in the country without a royal
order of prorogation or dismissal.
Having received the royal order to
form Government this morning, the
blackshirt leader Immediately started
in to assign the places in his Cabinet.
but the ever increasing tumult Of the
invading cohorts and the hysteria of
the Roman mob made this difficult
task
RIFT with NattonnIists.
Evidence that Mussolini's task was
not easy began to appear as soon as
conferences of party subordinates
opened in the Hotel Savoy, where
Mussolini was installed temporarily.
The Fascista press insists that the new
Premier will conduct the Government
along the lines of stringent economy,
and that the Ministry of Labor will be
suppressed as a separate department..
But there already is a rift between the
Fascist and the Nationalist party
which up to the present had operated
in complete harmony with the black
shirts.
Meanwhile the black shirts are hav-
ing practically their own way in Rome
and elsewhere. The regular troops are
not under Mussolini's orders but evi-
IDENTIFY are in sympathy with him and
have stood by while squads and regi
ments have wreaked their will upon the
institutions distasteful to them. THE
NEW York HERALD correspondent wit
messed q typical incident when one OF
these punitive black shirt expeditions
marched through the streets, followed
by the rabble, forcing their way into the
headquarters OF the hotel workers union,
whence they threw all the furniture and
papers into the road and made bonfires
of them. Opposite was contingent of
cavalry, who only smiled during the
performance. When the wreckage was
complete the Fascist started back, car
rying off the union emblem, with the
regular troops calmly falling in behind
to Join the parade.
Suppress Opposition Press.
Every non-Fascista newspaper. not
only here but I'm the provinces Is under
the control OF the Fascist and closed
up. In many instances the offices have
been wrecked. The tumult showed lit
tie signs OF subsiding to-day and every
one is waiting for the supreme test,
whether Mussolni can restore order and
control his own enthusiastic followers
while his Government gets under way.
Loyalty to the monarch still continues
10 be the watchword, however, and the
King is insisting upon this in the crisis.
on the part OF the black shirt leader
himself and the populace.
With the presence OF Gen. Armando
Diaz as Minister of War and Vice -Ad-
mirai Thaon di Revel for the navy. both
of whom are strong monarchists but
sympathizers with Mussolini's ultra
nationalism, the country's armed forces
will be in hands the King can trust.
will name one of Italy's Ambassadors
Minister OF Foreign Affairs. most likely
Giacomo de Martino. now In London.
While the Cabinet is by no means
exclusively composed of Fascist, of
whom there are FIVE Ministers, with the
same number of Nationalists. the two
Monarchlsts mentioned, a Democrat and
a Catholic In the posts of Education
and Social Welfare. practically all the
undersecretaries will be members OF
the Premier's party.
triumphant Progress TO Rome.
While he was being acclaimed In the
streets of Rome Mussolni was busy
comforting with his followers and his
troubles began with the distribution Of
patronage. He reached the capital this
morning after a glorious progress from
Milan on special train. which. how
ever. was delayed as It neared Rome
because the track had been torn up
under an old Facta order before the
King had annulled the state of siege.
At Civetta vecchia. just outside the
northern gates of Rome. Mussolni was
acclaimed as savior by his troops
and the citizens, but Mussolini adjured
the multitude to remain calm. A thou
sand blackshirt troops. who had en-
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