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...Italians then moved off in a body down the hall, summoned by Il Duce who had already heard of the rumpus and had at once called up General Balbo from Rome. General Balbo immediately demanded either a formal apology from Socialist Renaudel, who again refused to apologize, or the ousting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from the premises. It was thereupon ousted by Secretary General of the League of Nations Sir Eric Drummond...
Interviewed by U. S. citizens last week Prime Minister Benito Mussolini said: ¶"To me birth control is a crime." (Il Duce has two daughters, three sons.) ¶"Prohibition itself can accomplish nothing. I myself closed 25,000 superfluous wine shops throughout Italy in one year. Moderation is the thing! More good can be done by providing people with good beer and wine and by discouraging cocktails and whiskey than by prohibition...
Commander Waters suddenly took an early page out of Benito Mussolini's book and, in the spirit of Il Duce's 1922 march on Rome, proclaimed himself the veterans' dictator. He conducted an election "so there wouldn't be any kicks," discharged disgruntled officers. His bronzed face and yellow hair glistened proudly as he strode out to the Anacostia camp next day in whipcord breeches and shiny riding boots. He summoned his men and began barking the new order of the day. There were to be daily drill periods henceforth...
...Thus, after the late, great Premier Nikola Pashitch of Jugoslavia "exploded" to Correspondent Dorothy Thompson (now Mrs. Sinclair Lewis) it was denied not only that he had spoken as quoted but that he had ever seen her in his life. Last week the Italian Foreign Office called II Duce's statements as quoted by the Daily Express "so obviously absurd as to be unworthy of an official denial...
...Conspirator Bovone had been touring the country in an expensive motor car. Fortnight ago they were ordered to trial before a military tribunal. On that day in Rome arrived the ashes of Anita Garibaldi, wife of Italy's famed liberator. With hundreds of other black-shirted patriots II Duce followed the bier through the streets, then dropped out of the procession within 200 yards of the Piazza di Venezia. Lurking in the Piazza was one Angelo Sbardellotto. In his pockets police found two bombs and a pistol. Pope Pius felicitated the Premier on his escape. Sbardellotto went to trial...