Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-30
Fascist Leader to
 Organize Ministry
King Victor Emmanuel Has
 Requested MussoIini to As sume the Task Consents.

Rome. Oct ss-(By The A. P.)-After the refusal of Antonio Salandra, former l premier, to organize a ministry the king called on Mussolini, the Fascist leader to assume the task It is expected that Mussolini will arrive here this evening and if he accepts the kings invitation. all further need for Fascist action will be ended. Their entrance into Rome will be the simple evidence of their vic tory.
 Deputy Chiostri describing the sitna- tion this morning, said that southern Italy had been isolated from the rest of the country by bands of Fascist com manded by Deputy Caradonnn Other bands were encircling the towns in Basil- icata and Calabria The Fascist had occupied the airdToue at Foggia Tus- cany and Unnbria were entirely theirs. semi-official statement denied sen sational rumors circulated abroad. par ticularly a report that King Victor Elm manuel had been assassinated. The statement added that with the excep- tion of certain isolated incidents of an uninportant character the country was absolutely tranquil and the cabinet cris- is was approaching a solution.
 Rome today bore its usual Sunday as- l pect. The houses were decorated with flags and crowds were gaily parading i the main thoroughfarcs awaiting the en- | try of the Fascist. Some of the police and military measures of yesterday had i been withdrawn; motor buses were again in service, but armed patrols were stiIl ! to be seen in the streets. Cavalry oc- i cupied the stratetic points and the en- tire garrison was kept in readiness Yesterday soldiers proceeded to the outskirts of the town and set up barbed wire entanglements the railroad lines were closely guarded and all bridges over the Tiber were shut off with wire i and protected by machine guns. The va rious ministerial and public buildings were occupied by troops, and the police 1 cut off the central part of the city with
 barricades and wire entanglements. A group of Fascist succeeded today in lwhat had been for long time their ar
 dent desire-the occupation of the of fees of the pro--socialist newspaper Il
 Paese the organ of Ex-Premier Nitti
 they burnt all the copies of the paper
 they could find and maintained their oc.
 cupation of the offices, in order to pre-
 vent any further issues of the paper.
 Milan is full of FascSti. who hay, } assembled there from the neighbcrinf provinces" continued Deputy Chiostri, : who fought in the WoSld war. wal
 wounded and decorated and is now on of the leaders of the movement. "W,
 
 ance in Tuvin from the authorities. Tn Fascist in the Julian provinces hav mobilized and occupied the strageti passes in the Alps in order to face an, lcoup de main blythe slaves, Treentino l. occupied by Fascist under Deputy D } Stefant Ferugias which is leading Fas a ,cisti center, dominates entire centrs Itaass- Our geusrziissfmos 5talo Balbt : went yesterday from Perugia to Folignt ~.s1o I, | e
 cisti are concentrated under command ( n Generals Zamboni and Novelli.
 At Monte RoloRdo, 16 miles frof n Rome. 1000 men under command o : Lieutenant Igiori., one of the few dec e orated with the gold medal for valol l. are awaiting General Fara, with whoI
 tthey will march. to Rome. LieutenaI Igliori arrested Colonel Milani, of tn Il 56th Regiment of infantry, who ha 1t been up several sections of the raj d road to precent the Fascist frol it entraining for Rome. Milani was gran n ed military honors and kept a pri:
 oner on parole; he was informed that I
 would be released Sunday when it wa ,a too late for him to do any harm.
 S '-The Fascist at Santa Marinella. l. . miles from Rome, are concentrated ,t the number of 130,000. As one approacl
 es Rome the first detachments of roy y, BuaTQS appear, they LOOK upon the f'aScl 70 ti without hostility. Italo Balbo to - me that the governments defense 'o Rome was nothing short of ludicrou " Up to the present the only victoms our search on Rome have been a numb
 of calves, communicated, but paid for
 feed ou rtroops g
 sr "The only thing. the Fascist have hs 7 to complain of since the beginning of u T. insurrectional movement has been tn T. bad weather. Yesterady it rained in to T. rents, to the great misery of our m, n. sleeping in the open around Rome, b
 today the golden Roman sun shines agi f. heralding our triumphant entry into Il sn Eternal City,