ITALY'S POLICY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 25 November 1930, Page 11

ITALY'S POLICY.

PEACE AND PREPAREDNESS THE WORK OF FASCISM. (UNITED raESS ASSOCIATION—BY SIXCTHKJ •IELSOItArH C or7RIG H T.) (Received November 24th, 7.10 p.m.) t ROME, November 23. y a policy of peace and preparedness was declared by Signor Mussolini in a special interview. Ho declared: "Wo shall always be ready to discuss disarmament at Geneva, and arc ready to reduce our armaments to tho lowest possible limit if the other Powers will do the same, provided our level equals anyone else's in Europe, but so long as the others arm, Italy must do so, too. Italy is seeking everywhere to increase her population, partly to bo able to defend tlio country and partly to wrest from it unreaped riches by large irrigation schemes.

Fascism is re-making both Italy and Italians. lam seeking to mould out of the great past energy, discipline, and strength for the future and within a quarter of a century the world will be astonished at the transformation. Italy does not desire conquest, but is seeking to recover from the sense of inferiority dating since the Renaissance. Formerly Italy was cited as a model nation, morally and physically; then she became sick, and was just recovering from the decline when the Groat War came, and left her on the verge of chaos. Then Fascism came, and it has triumphed over tho worst phase of the nation's sickness. Before the war people came and admired the beauties of Italy, but looked down on tho Italians. Italy had recovered, and did not intend to relapse. Her neighbours need not be ularmcd at the patient's recovery; after all, Italy was the cradle of civilisation and Christianity."