The Archive · 1926

ITALIAN FRONTIER

Fascisti at Grips with French ex-

Service Men: Incident at Station London, Nov. 3.

Franco-Italian friction hes again arisen as a result of recent incidents, notably on the Franto-Italian fror-tier station, Ventimiglia, where, it appears, Italian Fascist members of the militia best a number of French railwaymen on the ground that the latter did not doff their caps while the band was playing a Fascist hymn.

Subsequently, a Fascist managed to enter the French Consulate ard tried to make a speech from the balcony.

There has also been a hand-to-Ihand encounter between French ex-service men and Italian Fascists at Beausoleil.

The French press is indignant) lover these incidents.

The Right [press, which has been urging a meeting between M, Briand and Signor Mussolini to discuss Franco-Italian relations, generally contends that that these incidents have increased ithe need for such a conference—

Reuter.

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