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Show VIOLENT SCENE II ITtUljllEll Government's Order to Prohibit Pro-hibit Meetings Resented by War Faction. ROME, Feb. 27. Vehement attacks on the government were mado in the chamber of deputies yesterday by tho extremists because of instructions given prefects to prohibit meetings even when they are described as private, pri-vate, if there is reason to believe tbey would result in disoraers. Tho order was designed to prevent clashes between be-tween those who favor Italy's intervention interven-tion in tho war and those who advocate strict neutrality. A tumult aTOso when the extremists declared tho prohibition of such meetings ws a suppression, of liberty and in violation of law. Premier Salander replied to the criti-, cism of the government. Ho declared the instructions to the prefects were designed to protect liberty, which was threatened by violence, raise tho dignity dig-nity of tho country which had been injured in-jured by dissensions, aud cement a moral unity which would lead to triumph. tri-umph. As tbe extremists shouted that it was a plan to prevent Italy's intervention inter-vention in tho war, the premier declared, de-clared, amidst applause: 'I do not know whether our nation is destined to march to war, but if this phall be the case, wo miut all unanimously unani-mously obey the orders of the fatherland father-land and the king." The premier eulogized Signor Mosti Trotti, the radical deputy who died suddenly at Milan yesterday while delivering de-livering a speech. Ho said that everyone every-one must salute a man who died in action, ac-tion, and that Signor Mosti Trotti had met death while performing his duty with tho name of his country on his lips. Sigoor Mosti Trotti was speaking in favor of the intervention or Italy in sympathy with the war when he died. The premier 's remarks in thin con nation na-tion were received hv the deputies with an outburst of applause |