Evening star., 1946-06-09
Italian Monarchists
Claim Fraud in Vote,
Demand Allied Review
BY the Associated Press

ROME, June "a monarchist
leader today charged there hao
been fraud In the plebiscite in
which Italy chose to be a re-
public, and demanded Allied re-
view Of balloting that doomed
the reign of King Umberto II.
Monarchist demonstrations, mean.
while, subsidized today after causing
two deaths and a score OF injuries
in Naples, and rioting in Rome and
Palermo. Federal police said the
death toll was only two, and Min
lister of the Interior Giuseppe
Romita declared the entire country
was quiet.
Chief Justice Giuseppe Pagano
disclosed this afternoon that late
arrivals of some returns would de-
lay over tomorrow the Supreme
Court certification of the election
and it appeared that the Italians
would have to wait two or three
days for formal proclamation OF
the republic. Interior officials put
the republic 2,o11,QO votes ahead OF
the monarchy.
Many Protests Received.
Tullio Benedetti, head of the
National Monarchical Union, ir
letters to Rear Admiral Ellery w
Stone, chief Allied commissioner
and to Allied diplomatic missions in
Rome, declared IAN infinite number
of protests" were being received
about the gravest electoral frauds
designed to make the outcome in
favor Of the republic"
He asked Allied review Of al
the electoral material reaching the
Supreme Court prior to formal dec
laration of the republic. saying he
based his demand on the Allies
guarantee of the regularity of the
elections
There was a slender possibility
that the high court might call fol
another plebiscite. but this was re-
garded by political and judicial cir
cles as highly unlikely.
A strong message from King Um-
berto to his followers in Naples
urging them to refrain from public
displays, was credited with having
helped pacify that southern strong
hold of the Savoys. Umberto dis
patched the message through Royal
Household Minister Falcone Luci-
fero.
King Leaves Rome.
In an apparent move to discour.
age Rome demonstrators, the King
left the uptown Quirinale Palace
goal of yesterdays marchers here
for a villa outside Rome to await
the end of his brief reign.
The delay of the provincial pre-.
fects in getting their returns te
Rome served also to delay Um.
berto's departure for Portugal tc
join Queen Marie Jose and theil
four children in exile.
CA Lisbon dispatch said the
Queen would arrive tomorrow
afternoon and would stay at the
house of the Italian born Duch-
ess Cadaval on the outskirts of
LisbonD ,...
The King was awaiting the in.
stallation of the republic, so tha
there would be no break in tht
executive power he exercised for 2:
months as lieutenant general OF the
realm and for one moth as King.
A plane was waiting at Ciampint
airport outside Rome to take of fol
Lisbon within an hour after th'
ceremonies proclaiming the republic
sources close to the royal househelt
said.
Ceremony to Be Public.
S., Next weeks ceremony, to which
the general public will be admitted
on a first come, first served" basis
will take place in the ornate Hal
of the Wolf" of Monte Cittorio Pal.
ace, where Italy's Chamber of Depu.
ties sat until Benito Mussolini dis.
solved It,
At the moment that the chief jus
tice announces republican victory
the monarchy's legal existence
ceases.
Thereafter Premier Alcide de Gas.
peri Is expected to call at the Quir.
male Palace and as interim provi-
sional president, pending meeting oi
the new Constituent Assembly june
"A, receive the executive powers from
the King.