FASCISTI MOVEMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1922, Page 8

FASCISTI MOVEMENT.

REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rome, March 28. At Milan 30,000 Fascisti paraded the streets in black shirts carrying ensign? borne on lances to celebrate the third anniversary of the movement. It was an astonishing spectacle to see the Fascist! marching with a fast military step, most with death’s heads on their shirts to signify their courage and determination. The Socialists, at the request of their own leaders, stayed at home and thus prevented encounters, except in one case where 15 Fascisti were attacked by 20 Communist railwaymen, in which one railwayman was killed. ROUTING THE REDS. THE ITALIAN WAY. The industrial situation in Italy, according to Mr. John Prouse, of' Wellington, who spent some months in that country during his recent tour abroad, is improving every day. “Up to about the time I arrived in Italy,” he informed a Times reporter, “the Socialists and Bolshevik elements had become so strong that something had to be done to counteract their influence. All the better thinking people made up their minds that some determined step had to be taken, no matter how, and they set about it very simply. Whenever a Socialist began to deliver himself of propaganda which struck them as being harmful they used forcible methods against him, breaking into his premises turning out his furnishings into the street, and displaying the national flag. The promoters of this united action were the Fascist!, or the leaders of what might be called the popular patriotic movement. The Fascisti are now practically ridding the country of its malcontents and agitators, and, as I said before, there is a decidedly improved condition of affairs. If a Socialist declares himself or voices his opinions too loudly the Fasciti are immediately hot against him. The Government allows this cleaning up process to go on, because it realises that it will be the making of Italy. It is really a patriotic movement which stands for the betterment of the country.”