longer in their hands. On the morning of the 14th I saw them bring i11front of me my husband, Mingozzi Francesco, whom they had been to fetch from home, where he was lying ill in bed. In front of me they bound him hand and foot to a chair for some hours of the dav, and . . . threatened that if he did not . ' comply with his demands they would cut him to pieces. He, too, was released on the 15th after being compelled to sign membership of the National trade union or remain still in their hands. All day and night . . . Fascists of the village and other places did nothing but· spit at me; they insulted me worse than a woman of the streets. (Signed) GALBIANI ALBERTINA.'' August 14. The mass of the farmers and labourers, rather than join the Fascist trade union, left the Commune. Then the Fascists closed the boundaries and prevented anyone from passing out. Fascist bands visited the women in ·their homes, made them sign membership of the Fascist trade union, and gave them passes to go out of the Commune if they promised to go in search of their husbands and to make them sign too. Fasci Italiani di Conibattimento. AI olinella Section. The worn.en nanied below . . . . . . . . are proceeding to Bologna to communicate to their husbands the "ultimatuni'' receirved from this Fascio, promising to induce them to subtnit. (Stamp of the National Fascist Party, Molinella Section.) Molinella, August 12, 1923. 115 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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