The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-08-10
FURIOUS FIGHT IN
ITALIAN CITIES
Score Killed and Hundreds
Wounded as Fascist Make Re-
prisal Attacks on Radicals.

Rome. -- Milan. Aneona. Genoa and
other Italian cities sere pat In state
Of turmoil by bands Of Fascisgl bent
on working reprsais againsi the So
clahsts and Communists
In Milan the Fnscsii occupied the
municipal building 20 the aocompanl-
ment Of triumphant shouts All the
Offices were taken over. and when the
raiders reached the room where the
Socialist aldermen were at work, they
demanded the designations OF the al
dermen. charging that the Socialist
administration showed itself unfit 20
rule the community
Gabriel d'Annunzio appeared on the
balcony Of the Milan Municipal Build
ing He addressed thousands gathered
IN the square below. making one of his
stirring speeches Repeatedly he asked
the opinion OF the crowd, being an
swered with formidable Eyes" or
no" accoding 10 the question.
In effect be said that he had not
come 70 speake the WORD OF battle"
but the "word % fraternity" Explain
Ing that this must be the new dogma
OF the nation, he asked, "Do you be
ileve IN ibis dogmaY' The multitude
shouted yet"
The poet soldier emphasized the ne
cessIty 0f unity and brotherhood
among an Italians. saying:
"Eyery workman. every peasant and
every sailor led astray by evil shep-
herds must be convinced Of this"
He urged Italians "to strive toward
go0dness-not inert. weak, lndulgent
goodness, but virlle -oodness, a good
ness which conquers national frontiers,
which grlmly faces the hardest destiny
and which oyercomes all evils"
Becase the strike al Ancona con-
tinued In spite ~ the Fascist ultima
tum for It's cessation, the Fascist de-
cided upon the occupation Of the city
Numerous bands. marching from the
provinces, began an advance AT sun
rise A rifle shot from window. which
wounded a member Of the Fascist. was
the signal for a battle. The hardest
task Of the Fascist was 10 dislodge a
group OF snarchlsts. who had en-
trenched themselves In the highest
parts OF the city.
As soon as they had put down their
opponents the Fascist set fire to the
Anarchist Club. the Chamber OF Labor,
the Railway Mems Club, the Soyiet
Club and other headquarters. -Four
dead and many wounded have been
reported.
Only a few trains are being sent out
OF Ancona. These are manned by Fas-
cIsti engineers and stokers. The Com
munisis fired upon several Of the
trains. Fascist bands from the neigh
boring Province of Perugla are being
rushed to Ancona TO help their com
rades
Five thousand Fascist are gathered
In Genoa determined. as their leaders
announce. 10 break the Socialists. More
than ..0oO Fascist are spread in the
nelghboring communities Of San Pier
d'Arena. Sestra. yoltre and Sav0na.
They are engaged In fighting from
street to street and from house ~
NOuNts Inc VI anu
wounded In this vicinity cannot be
asceriained.
There was fighting In Genoa be
tween Fascist and Ardlti (an organize
tlon called Arditl del Popolo. founded
by Communistsl. After restoring or
der troops occupied the headquarters
OF the Ardlti. where they found eA
ploslves. bombs and reyolyers and ar
rested forty persons. Bands Of Fas-
eisti arrived in Genoa from Turin,
Milan. Payla and Ferrara to help their
comrades
Al Padua the Fascist ralded the
home Of Dante Gallant a Socialist
Deputy. charging tina; shot had been
ired AZ them from the house DIR.
Gallant Is well-known physician.
The Interior Of the house was wrecked
and the doctor, his wife and their chill
dren were forced TO fee. escaping from |
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