At noon on this day, August· 12, the Fascists published the following '' ULTIMATUM. ''The provocations of the subversive hooligans, encouraged by the anti-Fascist press of all Italy, have provoked fresh incidents and fresh conflicts. ''The Fascist organisations of Molinella invite all the young men who have come in from every part of the Province of Bologna to return withont delay to their own villages, and invite the Red farmers and workers to desist frorr1 an unjustified and criminal resistance. "A forty-eight hours' truce is granted to the organised members who still adhere to the Socialist League, to enable them to declare their submission ; after this period the struggle ,vill be ·resumed in full force until an end has been put to a situation which is being taken advantage of in Italy and abroad, and which is a dishonour to Molinella. It is the desire and the duty of Molinella to be quickly and completely won over to the Nation. "THE FASCIST GROUP. ''1'lolinella, August 12, 1923.'' August 13, 1923. "I, the undersigned Galbiani · Alberta, was on my way home at 7 p.m. on August 13, after reaping .flax, when at Case Nuove the Fascists caught hold of me and took me to the Fascio, where I was detained until the 1norning of the 15th, and then released, after having been continually threatened with a revolver placed close to my head. One of the brothers . threatened me with a rope, with which he said he ·would bind me hand and foot and hang me. Then six Fascists of Mezzolara wanted to give me a whole dose of chloroform to make me unconscious. . compelled me to sign membership of the Fascist trade union or to stop still BibliotecaGino Bianco
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