ITALIAN WORKERS' RISING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 304, 17 September 1920, Page 7

ITALIAN WORKERS' RISING

LACK OF RAW MATERIAL AT SEIZED

FACTORIES FOOD AND MONEY NEARLY GONE By Telesra,ph-.PreBB Associatlon-Oopyriirht Rome, .September 15. Details in connection with the com-, mandeering of the factories show that tho workers are faced with an awkward problem. Eaw material, foodstuffs, and money are petering out. The workers' attempts to barter manufactured goods for peasants' produce have been almost barren. Meanwhile, troops are being drafted to Turin. Tanks, guns, and armoured cars are in readiness, as tho authorities fear that hunger will drive the workers to make a descent upon tho city.—Router.

CONFEDERATION'S LEADERSHIP

RECOGNITION EFFUSED,

London, September 15. Workmen at the Fiat factory in Turin refuse to recognise the Confederation's leadership, and declare that they never will surender tho works. Tho Communist leaders claim that forty per cent, of tho thirty thousand Fiat employees are working, but many of theso are making munitions or completing forts on tho roofs of workshops. A good part of the day is consumed by meetings and demonstrations. The Co-operativo Alliance lent Hie strikers half a million lire, but this is a mere drop in tho bucket, as the Fiat Company's wages list alone is 1,400,000 lire weekly.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

MORE FACTORIES COMMANDEERED EMPLOYERS INTERVIEW PREMIER, (Rec. September 16, 8.45 p.m.) ' Rome, September IG. Tho industrial crisis continues to be most serious. Tho seizure of property is going on. Workers have occupied the cotton mills in Lombardy and wool factories in Biolla and Piedmont, employing many thousands of hands. The council of the Italian Confederation of Industries has resolved not to reopen negotiations with tho men unless thoy quit the workshops. The railwaymen's and seamen's organisations, however, have decided to transport any raw material to tho revolting factories despite the manufacturers' veto. . Signor Giolitti (Premier) recently met a delegation from tho employers, who asked the Government to get them back their factories. Signor Giolitti replied: But the workmen inside, it turned out, will invade the streets. The delegation replied: But it is your legal duty to put them out. Signor Giolitti: How? The delegation: Mako a terrible example—bombard tho factory. Signor Giolitti, with a sandonic smile, replied: If 60, bo sure I will begin by bembarding your factories.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabin. Assn.