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...pursued his recent "policy of silence" (TIME, May 3) by issuing three written orders: Sicilian Riots. General di Giorgio to proceed at once to Sicily with an armed force and full authority to put down the seemingly concerted series of anti-Fascist riots which have been occurring recently in Palermo, Caltanisetta and Girgenti. Universal Silence. All Fascists were "commanded" by a manifesto to "keep silent about any local strife* within the party which nearly always arises from the stupidest motives." Anti-"Vacationist." To prevent the flight of the Italian lira abroad in the pockets of vacationing Italians, all passport offices...
Next day he was acclaimed at the vast Odero Naval Shipyard, helped inaugurate a Genoa-Palermo hydroplane service, inspected several regiments in commemoration of the eleventh anniversary of Italy's entry into the World...
...million lire was appropriated by a Cabinet order last week to be employed upon public works in the picturesque but badly run down Sicilian city of Palermo...
Died. Louis Philippe Robert, Due d'Orleans, 57, pretender to the Throne of France, great-grandson of King Louis Philippe of France, son of the late Comte de Paris, head of the House of Bourbon-Orleans, incorrigible spendthrift, North Polar explorer; at Palermo, Italy...
...Fascist press was silent except for one which under the headline, ORLANDO CONFIRMS AND CONFESSES LIBERAL DEFEAT IN PALERMO, confined itself to printing without comment the ex-Premier's letter of resignation...