GRAVE SITUATION IN ITALY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 300, 13 September 1920, Page 5

GRAVE SITUATION IN ITALY

A REVOLUTION FEARED

REMARKABLE STATEMENT BY A MINISTER

Br Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Bee. September 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 11. Pessimistic reports are arriving regarding the industrial situation in Italy. It' is assorted that the movement has become political, and may becomo revo-lutionary.—Ans.-N Z. Cable Assn. Rome, September 10. Four hundred thousand workers are involved in the present movement. A Wg exodus of families from Milan has begun owing to fear of outrages, Recent seizures include the Micholin tyro factory. TJie workers are also seizing coal supplies' and taking them home. Signer Labriola, Minister of Labour, interviewed by a correspondent of the German paper "Allgemeine Zoitung," said: "It is the State's duty to maintain public order in the streets only. So far as private premises aro concerned, it is open to owners to take judicial proceedings against the workmen. The Riot Act cannot be applied to' a thousand workmen; besides, the workmen are armed, and intervention might lead to a revolution. The guilt for the crisis lies with the employers. The guiding principle of Signor Giolitti's policy is so to adapt the country's institutions that.they can 1)6 utilised forthwith if a change front the capitalist to the Socialist system i» made. If owners decline to give up their factories, they can bo compelled to do so, because the general welfare must stand before the welfare of the individual."— Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn.

A WIN FOE THE MODERATES. (Rec. September 12, midnight-.) Home, September 12. A conference between delegates of ths General Workers' Union and the execut've of the Socialist Party led to a complete victory for the moderates. A largo majori'.ly passed a resolution in favour of a settlement of the strike through Parliamentary action—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.