NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24902, 15 June 1946, Page 7

NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION

The Minister of the Interior (Signor Romita) told Reuter’s Rome correspondent that the Government knew nothing officially of King Umberto’s departure. The Government only knew that King Umberto suddenly, drove to the airfield from which his aeroplane tack off. Signor Romita said that Italy was bow perfectly quiet. The correspondent adds that the authorities took full advantage of bowing before the crowd about the King’s departure. Lorry loads of hoops were rushed in to strengthen patrols for fear the Monarchists might final gesture against the Re-

“Twenty-three persons were sent to hospital after disorders in Trieste on Wednesday night,” says Reuter’s correspondent in Trieste. “The police

fired shots when they tried to prevent a large crowd advancing to the centre of the city after a public meeting to celebrate the creation of the Italian Republic. Several policemen were injured by stones thrown by the demonstrators. They restored order with tear gas and bombs.” The newspaper “11 Tempo” publishes a dispatch from its London correspondent alleging that the London newspapers had overdone their reporting of the disturbance in Naples. “To read the London press Italy would appear to be in a state of rebellion,” said the correspondent. “The Naples situation had been written up here as though the authorities had lost control.” The Mayor and corporation of Naples have resigned following the news of King Umberto’s departure.