LILLIPUTIAN STATE
Citizens’ Rejection Of Fascism (Received May 7, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 6. Campione, a lilliput State of 600 citizens, has washed out Mussolini’s proud slogan “Vinceremo” (We shall conquer), formerly painted in large letters along .a lake wall, and hns replaced it witn “Viva Stalin” in luminous paint. Campione has passed through three crises in the past few montbs, Bays Reuter's Zurich correspondent. First, a “teacup putsch,”'when the people overthrew Fascism and declared Campione an independent State. Secondly, a women's revolt, in which 40 housewives tried to burn down the town hall as a protest against the high cost of living. And thirdly, a campaign for a declaration of war against Switzerland, to force Swiss occupation and protection of Campione. Campione is on the shores of Lake Lugano, inside a portion of Switzerland which projects southward, round the shores of the lake, into Italy.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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146LILLIPUTIAN STATE Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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