The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-05
Mrs Fransioli Describes Movement Which She Witnessed on Visit to Rome and Tells
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apparently, and the communists and Fascist fought it out for four days
 in which period there were no trains, no trans, no carriages, no newspa- pers, no customers and no business. Everyone who possibly could re- mained at home, wondering what was happening and when it would be over. Then at their own convenience the Fascist departed, 30,000 strong, having decided that their conference for which they had come to Rome was successfully over, and that they had paraded to their fill The blame for the disorders seemed to be about equally divided, and, by the Italians, nonchalantly laid to the hot blood or sunny Italy! Romans have always been used to these little fracases, and | political upheavals do not seem so ominous to them as to us of newer civilization. Rome was, is, and will be; and they shrug their shoulders, raise their hands and eyebrows-and let it go at that! They are fatalists. Hears Triumphant Yell
 Our train was late We arrived in Florence at midnight instead of at z | o'clock, only five hours over time in seven-hour journey There had been no heat in the compartment since the time we should have reached our des- tination and we were numb with cold, l but I was not too numb to note with appreciation the queer looking build | ing almost directly across from our pension, for, in it's doorway, from | whence came the only flicker of light 1 in that narrow, black and deserted street, lounged few men in monde script uniforms, who, I decided, must , be the Florentine constabulary | Tired as I was I could not sleep that night. I was exhausted and still cold, the room was huge and colder even than l. the pension was strange, very strange, and extremely foreign, occu' pying as it did the top floor of big old palace; and our reception, by a butler who spoke naught but Italian
 and a maid; ditto, had not served to make me feel any more at home
 Suddenly the darkness was split by the cracking of revolvers. There was a rush of tramping feet and for the first time I heard that challenging, ex
 ultant yell: "Eia eia- -eia-alala!" The Fascist were out! No one had tC furnish the information; I simply knew it and I leaped from the bed to the window in a frenzy of fear and excitement to see the show. The street was so narrow and the palace so high that I could glimpse only g tiny blot of what imagined must be the middle of the pavement. Anyhow the darkness was impenetrable, ant I could see nothing of what was going on about me to the accompaniment o
 song and shot M implored me tC come away from the window, and shiV ering and shaking with fear we lait awake until daylight brought Quie
 and a few hours of much needed sleep During those wakeful aeons the re membrance of protectors opposite Wa' a substantial comfort. But l Wa' equally disquieted by the suddel recollection that none of our friends knew where we were! Our address was simply the American EXpres! until we could decide that the pension | was satisfactory and, as we had no vet filled in the Identification card furnished by the police to each note for it's guests, our complete disappear ance would have been an easy matter
 I passed some time also in wonder ing whether in case of invasion l i would be good or bad policy to WaV' inc American flag, and sing "Yanket 1 Doodle" for I had carelessly neglect | ed to ascertain if our countrymel were in favor with the Fascismo. HoV I longed at that moment for a thor ouqblv established entene cordiale!
 Learns of Fascist
 When the maid brought ln the usua1 vile of coffee in the morning she was perfectly calm about thf nights occurrences. "So, so, Slg