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Onlooker Group Resent “Blackshirts” In New York Parade

New York, May 31.-(AP)—Jeers, catcalls and shouts of “down with Mussolini,” caused by the presence of 200 Fascisti marchers, created a disturbance in New York’s Memorial Day parade. Mounted police charged and dispersed the disturbers whose ardor, undampened by the soft rain which fell on ceremonies throughout the east, at first threatened serious trouble.

Attired in black overseas caps with black tassels, black puttees, black breeches and shoes and the symbolic black shirts, the Fascisti gathering fell in behind a band of boy scouts.

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Mussolini Will Select Own Chamber in 1929

Italy Will Have No Election Until Then, When an All-Fascist Group Will Be Named.

By the Associated Press.

CREMONA, Italy. March 12.—Italy will not have political elections until 1929, when an all-Fascist Chamber of Deputies will be elected. This announcement is made by Secretary Farinacci of the Fascist party. The present chamber, he said, has carried out its work so well that it will be continued until 1929.

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Premier Mussolini Delivers Stirring Address Before Fascist Party Following His Escape Yesterday From Assassination

CLAIMS ORGANIZATION MUST BE NEXT IN HIGHEST STATE OF EFFICIENCY.

ROME, April 8.—(AP) Benito Mussolini, premier of Italy having escaped assassination at the hands of a woman, is determined to fight for the principles for which he stands throughout the world.

“I have chosen as the slogan of my life, ‘live in danger’ and I say as an old fighter: ‘when I advance follow me; when I retreat, kill me; should I die, avenge me.’ “

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Fascisti and Reds Clash for Second Time at Newark, N. J.

Newark, N. J., Aug. 16—Black-shirted Fascisti and members of the Italian socialist labor party clashed for the second time within the past few weeks in Newark today and when the smoke of battle had cleared it was found that six men had suffered bullet or stab wounds.

The clash followed an encounter at Laurel Garden In Springfield avenue where the Socialists had called a meeting and to which the members of the New York branch of the fascisti society had been invited.

For more than an hour police reserves from six precincts wielded night sticks and pistol butts to restore order. When quiet prevailed the police had one prisoner, Frank Catalano, suffering from a stab wound; six razors, a stilletto and two jack knives.

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Rome Celebrates Sixth Anniversary of Birth of Fascism

Rome, Mar. 22 (By A. P.)—The sixth birthday of Fascism was celebrated today by a monster mass meeting and a parade of more than 20,000 black shirts through the Corso Umberto. But the great moment of the day came when Premier Mussolini, making his first public appearance since the beginning of his illness, emerged on the balcony of Chigi Palace and addressed a wildly enthusiastic crowd of 30.000.

Significant in the premier’s short talk was the phrase:

“What I want to say to you is that it is spring now, and now the fun begins.”

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Fascist Propaganda for Annexation is Increasing

Protest Move Is Gaining Momentum in Switzerland

Trader Special Service.

ZURICH—Large circles of the Swiss people are watching with rising indignation the attempt of private Fascist organizations closely allied to Mussolini’s bands to start a movement for the annexation of the Swiss canton of Tessin (Ticino) to Italy.

Although Mussolini has himself given his word to respect the sovereignty and integrity of Switzerland, unofficial Italian Fascist organizations in Tessin want to annex this Swiss Canton. They declare it is the last of the three Capital Ts—Trieste, Trentino, Ticino—which must be “liberated.”

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Censorship of Fascists Fails to Halt Leaks

ROME —In spite of Fascist censorship, news of internal troubles leaks out of Italy and indicates that Dictator Mussolini looks into a dark future and prepares for it.

The Italian lira continues to lose in the race against the British pound and the American dollar. Unemployment is on the increase at an alarming rate, and nothing is being done to take care of the jobless.

The Italian middle class, after trusting to Mussolini’s loud prophecies of victory in “the battle of the lira,” is beginning to understand that Mussolini’s victory means a loss of its own savings. And no Fascist button on the lapel of the middle class coat can reconcile the loser.

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Rep. Patman Reports on “Fascism in Action”

“Fascism in Action”, the first full-length analysis of fascism written by a government agency, has sold 36,790 copies at 40 cents each. Rep. Wright Patman (D., Texas) told the congress February 21. Declaring that the “tyranny of the Right can be as dangerous as the tyranny of the Left,” Patman has introduced a resolution to allow free distribution of 100,000 copies of the booklet. More than 600,000 copies of another booklet, “Communism in Action” have been distributed without charge at a cost to the government of nearly $35,000, he said.

In a speech urging the congress to approve his resolution, Patman declared that while he was “opposed to communism in any form” and believed it “should be fought with every means at our command,” he also believed that the dangers of fascism should not be overlooked.

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Italian Employers Told Whom to Hire

Turin, Italy.—Employers in this vicinity object to Mussolini’s rule that they must apply to the Fascisti labor bureaus when seeking workers.

Mussolini orders that members of the Fascist party and Fascist unions be given preference in employment. This rule is intended to drive workers into the Fascist unions.