The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-11-03
ITALY FACING
GRAVE CRISIS
REVOLUTION PROBABLY AVERT.
ED BY, FORMATION OF NEW
CABINET
LITTLE BLOOD IS SHED
Proclamation Issued BY Retirinu
Cabinet Asking People To Keep
Order Is Generally OBJ
served.

Rome.-Italy is facing a grave cris.
IS but sanguine hopes are entertained
that the forming of a new cabinet
will satisfy the rising population.
Although the Fascist of Rome con-
tented themselves with conferences
at their headquarters, and news from
the provinces showed all was quiet ex-
cept in a few isolated cases where
the extreme Nationalists occupied
some public offices, precautionary
measures were adopted by the author
tiles and the cabinet Of Premier Facta
In spite Of its resignation. discussed
means for maintaining order.
Street car traffic has been stopped.
but automobiles, cabs and buses are
| running. All buildings of the city are
beflagged.
The only place at which bloodshed
has occurred since the Fascist began
their movement for control is Gre
mona.
A new movement by the Fascist
with the object of exercising pressure
to obtain the formation Of a cabinet
In accordance with their desires rs
said to have been begun in central
Italy.
After a long session which began
at midnight, the Facta government is
sued proclamation announcing that
1t would maintain law and order at
whatever cost. 1t was at first intend
ed to institute martial law, but after
the situation was considered further
and reports Of less disquieting ma
ture came from the provinces, the
ministers thought it best merely to
make their stand known to the pub
lie and to urge that order be main
tained in the face of "insurrectionary
attempts"
King Victor Emanuel as yet has
nominated no one for the task Of form
ing new ministry.
The cabinet in the proclamation
says:
"Seditious movements having mani !
tested themselves in certain provinces
of Italy, having as their object the F..
interruption of the normal functions |
of the states powers and calculated !
to plunge the country into grave
trouble, the government has as far as
possible tried every means Of concili-
alton in the hope of re-establishing !
peace and reaching a peaceful solu-
ton Of the crisis.
I'm the face of such insurrectionary
attempts, it is the duty of the retiring
by all means at whatevn,
cost to maintain law and order, and
this duty it will carry out to the full
est extent in order to safeguard the
citizens and free constitutional insti-
st is the governments expectation
that the citizens will remain calm and
have confidence in the measures
taken for their safety.
Long live Italy! Long live the
king"
From the time when the military
took command, the telegraph services
refused to send dispatches abroad
This caused great resentment on the
part Of the foreign correspondents,
who protested to the government that
such measure. together with the
closing of the Stock Exchange, and
he suspension Of newspaper publica-
ion, would alarm the people at home
ind in foreign countries.
In the afternoon the cabinet recog-
lized the weight of these arguments
Ind revoked the prohibitory orders.
however, were submitted
o a severe censorship. 1t is an
bounced that the newspapers will re-
ume publication.