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...Trieste itself, the long-awaited takeover came off enthusiastically, too, but not according to plan. Britain's General Sir John Winterton, departing commander of the British-U.S. occupation troops, had been cordially hated by the Triestini since last year's bloody riots. The British, therefore, insisted that the military ceremony be held close to the dockside, where the carrier Centaur waited to bear Winterton away. On the morning of the great day, rain and high winds lashed the city and the harbor; swarms of impatient Italians broke through police lines and made a shambles of the dockside...
Trieste's special police, recruited from both Italians and Slavs of Zone A, are trained and commanded by the British; they are under the direct control of Britain's Major General Sir Thomas John Willoughby Winterton, Military Governor of Trieste (and also commander of the British and U.S. troops there). General Winterton's tough cops are not liked. Paid twice the salaries of Italian cops, they are also suspect by Triestini as contented Independentistas who want to keep the status...
...three days it was clear that under the rough police handling, the situation was likely to get worse instead of better. General Winterton ordered them off the streets, and put U.S. troops of the 351st Infantry Regiment to the job of restoring order. It was a belated but successful move. The Triestini cheered the Americans, and order was restored within a few hours, without any more casualties. But the toll of the three days' work stood thus: among the demonstrators, six dead, 56 wounded or injured, more than 100 arrested; for the police, no deaths, 72 wounded...
...against the U.S. that Italian anger was aroused. In most cities, the mob attacks were directed against British consulates. All newspapers printed pictures of blood on the steps of Trieste's San Antonio Church and cried denunciations of the inept performance of General Winterton. There were demands for his recall. Pella demanded that those responsible for the police order to fire "be named and that they be prosecuted." In London, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that "the police seem to have shown admirable discipline and restraint in the face of extreme provocation." and U.S. Secretary...
...Anti-Alcoholism Superhuman? "A sinister plot engineered by the wine industry," frothed Briton Wilfred Winterton. Over fruit juice at a nearby cafe the Drys held a council of war, resolved to censure Borotra's scandalous remarks. But the Half-Wets fought back. "They want to prevent us from drinking, smoking, even making love," snorted Andre Mignot, secretary-general of France's National Defense Committee Against Alcoholism. "We're French. You can't be an abstainer in France unless you're a hero or a saint...