ITALIAN CRISIS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1925, Page 2

ITALIAN CRISIS.

.USTRALIAN and n.z. cable association. ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. ROME, January 17. Crowds gathered outside Parliament and a momentous sitting, opened in ail atmosphere of excitement. The galleries wore packed. The Deputies spoke amidst a running fire of interruptions. As one moment it looked as if blows were being exchanged. The veteran. Signor Giolitti, rose with a vehement gesture, and appeared about to .leave the Chamber, hut his friends dissuaded him. Then Signor Orlando rose, and the tumult ceased. His speech was a vigorous indictment of the Government’s methods. He argued that at no period in Italian history had there been so h a wholesale suppression of the press, such a doital ol peronal liberty .Hid public discussion. Signor Mnsolini several times interrupted Signor Orlando, saying that the Opposition itself was responsible for the conditions necessitating repression. Later the Premier again interjected: “ Twelve Fascist have been killed in one month !” Signor Orlando retorted that his friends were not responsible for that. ROME, January 17. The Chamber of Deputies finally voted confidence in the Government by 197 votes to 33 votes, alter the attack launched by ox-Premicr Signor Orlando. on the Electoral Reform Bill.