FASCIST JUSTICE

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1929, Page 5

FASCIST JUSTICE

BRITISH. WOMAN ARRESTED

LONDON, August 13,

Professor Carlo Roselli recently escaped from the island of Lipari, known as the Italian “Devil’s Island.” He had been confined there ns a political prisoner by the Fascist Government because he had assisted Signor Turati, the former secretarygeneral of the Fascist organisation, to slip out of Italy. To-day the professor received news (telegraphs the Paris correspondent of The Times) that' his wife, who is of British birth, and his brother have been arrested. . His wife, who was Miss Marian Cave, a native of Middlesex, formerly taught English in Florence.

Signora Roselli was arrested when her husband’s escape became know'll, 1 and spent the night in the lock-up at the police- station. . Later, owing to her weak health, she was moved to an hotel, under direct police supervision, and subjected to exhaustive interrogations. ; .

l)r Nello Roselli has been sent to Ustica, off tiie north coast of Sicily, regarded as one ol the worst convict islands, where only unusually undesirable political prisoners are. gent. Among the 20 prisoners now there, with 800 ordinary convicts, is General Beneinenca, once secretary toGeneral Cadorna, the Italian com-inander-in-chief in the earlier part of the wuir, and later president of the Roman Press Association.

All naturalised aliens are British subjects owning allegiance to the Crown, .but should an English woman marry an alien, she loses her original nationality and the protection of British law. On the death or divorce of the husband she can revert to her original nationality on conforming to the prescribed conditions of the Naturalisation fo Aliens Act.