Evening star., 1925-01-01
GENERAL AMNESTY
f. EXPECTED IN ITALY
King Likely to Pardon All Po-
IitiCaI Offenders in Honor
of Crown Prince.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, January Amnesty is sure
to come, authoritative political cir
Giles believe, and it Will come not be-
cause MussOlini wishes it, but be-
cause King Victor Emmanuel, taking
occasion of the official announcement
of the engagement of the crown
prince, will, in all probability, exercise
the royal prerogative. and grant
amneTty in supreme effort for gen
eral pacification.
Amnesty would include all crimes
having a political character. and
would thus set free all those re-
sponsible for the reprisals which
have occurred since the end of the
war. Among those to be given their
freedom would be Communi is, Social
lists and Republicans, as well as
Fascist
Houses Are Searched.
In the meantime measures for 1.-The
protection of the moral and material
intere is of the country" as conceived
by the Mu solini government were
applied relentlessly yesterday. Num-
erous houses searched by the police
included the homes of Deputy Misuri
and other prominent adver aries of
the Fascist government, as well as
the headquarters of the Republican
party and Italia Liberia. The author
ities in most of the big centers of
Italy re umed the method abandoned
some time ago Of seizing and seques-
trating all copies of opposition news
papers.
For the first time since the press
decree was issued such prominent
journals as the Milan Corriere Della
Sera, the GiuStizia, the Ayanti and
Unita. the Turin Stampa and the
Rome Giornale DItalia, the Serene
and the Monde, have come under the
ban, while a number Of lesser impor-
tance in various cities and towns
have been seized.
Fascistis Hold Parndes.
There were demonstrations in Tus-
cany yesterday in favor of Mussolini
and dispatches told of disturbances
at Florence, where thousands Of
Fascist gathered from the various
Tuscan provinces. The Black Shirts
gathered in the square of Santa
Maria Novella before the historic
church, where a great procession was
organized. The Fascist carried flags
and banners with inscriptions pro-
claiming Mussolini and Italy. They
sang their war songs, listened to war
marches and bands and displayed the
old war-like spirit.
The professions passed the oftlces
of the anti-fascisti newspaper Nuovo
Giornale, which was protected by
strong contingents of carabineers
and troops, but despite all efforts
the Fascist avalanche broke through
the cordons and was about to invade
the editorial quarters, when Gen.
Fera and other prominent Fascist
succeeded in arresting the invasion,
convincing their followers of the
folly of such a course.
Go Through Skylight.
A group of Fascist, however. |
meanwhile succeeded in climbing the |
roof of the building and entering the |
offices through the skyight. They |
wrecked the quarters, threw furni- |
ture from the windows and set fire |
to the plant, using oenzlne to feed the |
flames. Strong reinforcements OF !
troops were rushed to the place and I
finally induced the demonstrators 10
proceed toward the Piazza del Dunno. |
Firemen eXtinguished the blaze, but |
their work was delayed by the F>as- +!
cisti who kept shouting that the !
Nuovo GiornaIe had received a de- |
served lesson. Finally the troops |
succeeded in isoiating the building |
and the nremen, then proceeded with |
their work of salvage.
The residents of the neigborhood |
closed Their shops and many of them !
fed. Other groups or Fas~is>i . !
capped the police guard and destroyed |
several buildings, including lne - |
fees of a Socialist lawyer. Still an |
other group Tcs.c-4eu tIIc luUIlc p44svn |
and demanded the liberation OF i'm |
prisoned Fascisli, but the Fascist |
leaders arrived in time to dissuade |
them from an attempt to take the |
prison by assault.
An incident at Milan was the |
funeral of one of the Fascist in |
jured at the time of the Communist |
outrage in the Diana Theater in 1921. |
Thousands of Fascist were in the !
funeral cortege, but there were no !
d disorders.