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...Dead. Knowing only a little of Abyssinia, its blazing heat and freezing nights, its mosquito-infested swamps, fierce tribesmen, arid plains and almost impregnable mountains, what benefits then does Italy expect to get from its subjugation? Italian Finance Minister Count Paolo Thaon di Revel announced last week that the Italian expedition to Abyssinia had already cost the Fascist Government $50,000,000, and Italian troops have not yet crossed the frontier. Fascist bigwigs divide the Abyssinian advantages of the campaign into two groups, sentimental and practical...
...remembrance of the limpid and heroic page made sacred by the sacrifice of our martyrs," said suave Count Ignazio Thaon di Revel, "the banners and histories of the chapters will be offered to the historical museum of Fascism...
...roared the villagers of Thaon, another Vosges hamlet...
...propaganda will become more intense as the failure of Communism becomes more pronounced." ¶By a vote of 160 to 28 the Senate passed Premier Mussolini's Army Reform bill, under which the Chief of the Army General Staff is given power to decide national defence questions. Admiral Thaon di Revel, ex-Minister of Marine, argued that coordination and not subordination of the Navy was required in dealing with defence policies. ¶The Senate approved an appropriation of 18,000,000 lire for improvements of the port of Cagliari, capital of the Island of Sardinia...
...Admiral Thaon di Revel, Minister of Marine, resigned...