LABOR RULES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1920, Page 5

LABOR RULES.

I THE CRISIS IN ITALY. FEAR OF REVOLUTION. | By talegraph,—Press Assn— Copyright Received Sept. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 11. Pessimistic reports are arriving regarding the industrial situation in J-taly. It is asserted that the movement lias become political, and may become re-volutionary.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Sept. 12, 5.5 p.m. N Rome, Sept. 10. Four hundred thousand workers are involved in the present movement. A big exodus of families from Milan has begun, owing to the fear of outrages. The seizures include the Michelin tyre factory. The workers are also seizing coal supplies and taking them home. Signor Labriola (Minister of Labor), interviewed by a correspondent of the German paper Allgemeine Zeitung, said: "It is our stated duty to maintain public order in the streets, and only so far as private premises are concerned is it open to owners to take judicial proceedings against workmen. The Riot Act cannot be applied to thousands of workmen. Besides, the workmen are aimed, and intervention might lead to a revolution." He added: "Guilt for the crisis lies with the empbpyers. .The guiding principle of Signor Giolitti's policy is bo to adapt the country's institutions that they can be utilised ■ forthwith if a change from the capitalist to a socialist system is made. If the owners decline to give up their factories they can be compelled to do so, beca/ise the general welfare must stand before the welfare of individuals."—Aus.-N.Z. .Cable Assn. SETTLEMENT SOUGHT. FAVORED BY THE WORKERS. Received Sept. 13, 12-30 a.m. Rome, Sept. 12. A conference between delegates from the General Workers' Union and the executive of the Socialist Party led to a complete victory for the moderates, and a large majority passed a resolution in favor of a settlement of the strike through Parliamentary action.