Monday, Aug. 27, 1923

"When There Is No Peace"

"When There Is No Peace"

During the week the following disputes took place on Italian soil and were settled according to the Mussolini method: At Molinella, near Bologna. Twenty-six people were wounded in a fight which took place between the Fascisti and the Communists. It was alleged that the Communists threw three bombs at the Fascist headquarters and at the home of a local Fascist leader. At Campoligure, near Genoa. Thirty persons were wounded in a fight between the Fascisti and opposing forces. The trouble arose because the anti-Fascisti objected to and interfered with the funeral of a local hero, Paolo Santamaria, whose body had been brought back from the former Italian battle front. This is said to have provoked the attack by the Fascisti. At Pontelagoscuro, near Ferrara. In the dead of a pitch black night a band of unknown persons tried to storm a fort containing thousands of tons of explosives. Rifle and revolver firing continued all night. The number of casualties was not reported. The military authorities are making investigations. At Mount Tricorno, on the Italo-Yugo-Slavian frontier. Shots were exchanged by Fascisti and Yugo-Slavian Nationalists without casualties resulting. Mount Tricorno as yet belongs to no country, the International Commission for the demarcation of the Italo-Yugo-Slavian frontier not having come to a decision concerning it. To vent their devotion to Mount Tricorno the YugoSlavian Nationalists decided to hold a festival there. When the Fascisti arrived, the Yugo-Slavs were singing their national songs. The Fascisti objected. So did the Yugo-Slavs.