FEAR OF CIVIL WAR IN ITALY
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- MONARCHISTS ENGAGED IN RATTLES WITH POLICE
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Reeeived Wednesday, 7.35 p.m. LONDON, June 12. Iluge strect firos were Imrning in the centre oi Naples early this moi-ning as Monarchist crowds i'rom beliind barricades oi Iramears fought gun battles with armoured ears and police, says the Daily Express correspondent at Naples. A report i'rom Rome says Cabinet, at a midnight meeting, failed to break the doadloek between Lel't Wing politicians and King Umberto. Tlie Lel't Wingers demand an immediate proclama1ion oi' a republic but the King insists on remaining until the Supreme Court has finally ruled 011 the validity nf the referendnm. 1 Wlien the meeting' l)roke np at 2 a.m., the Vice-Preraier, Signor Nenni, said il a solution was not reached today he would demand the summoning of the newly-elected Constitutent Assembly 1'or June 15 (Ihe Asseml)ly is not dite to meet until June 24). The Commerce JVIinistcr, Signor Cronchi, supporting Signor Nenni's demand, said: "We need Parliament 's decision to avoid civil war."
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 June 1946, Page 5
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