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According to L'Idea Nazionale, pro-Fascist Rome journal, the Government ?that is Premier Mussolini?is preparing a National Defence Act, the main provisions of which were said...
Debate began in the Senate over the Army Reform Bill, a Fascist measure designed to reduce the standing Army from 200,000 to about 140,000 men. It was the first appearance of Premier Benito Mussolini in that august assembly since his recovery from his recent illness. He was received with dignified enthusiasm, sharply contrasted with the boisterousness of the lower Chamber (TIME, Apr. 6). Senate President Tommaso Tittoni congratulated the Premier upon his recovery...
...real urgency of the Opposition was that the proposed reduction of the Army would make it a smaller body than the National Militia, which is a Fascist organization in everything but name. To soldiers and statesmen of the old school and to the enemies of Fascism, which number not a few in the Senate, the mere thought of reform in the Army was intolerable...
...entire Chamber, excepting the Communists, sang Giovinnezza, Fascist war song; and, as the final words became an echo, the Communists yelled: "Long live Communism!" The Fascisti smiled, cheered and clapped .the appreciative Mussolini. Once again rang out the provocative cry: "Long live Communism!" A Fascist became unnerved, sprang into the midst of the 15 Communist Deputies, lashing out with both fists. It was the signal for a free fight and the Chamber became a mad mass of sprawling men, jumbled arms and legs...
Meantime, Deputy Farinacci, leader of the '"Savage" or reactionary wing of the Fascist Party, extricated himself from the welter of fists and feet, dragging Communist Deputy Damen by the scruff of his neck. Backing his victim up against the wall, the Fascist proceeded to inflict "scientific punishment" in true Italian style, after which he ejected the Communist violently out of a door into a cold, stone corridor. Farinacci, complacent, stalked back to his seat with the air of a man who had nobly performed a noble deed. The remaining Fascisti, taking their cue from Farinacci and totally oblivious...