ITALIAN ANNIVERSARY

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1929, Page 1

ITALIAN ANNIVERSARY

MUSSOLINI’S ADDRESS. (United Press Association—By Electric Teleg. uph—Copyright). 1 LONDON, Oct. 28. The Times’ Rome correspondent states the seventh anniversary of Mus-' sol ini’s Black Shirts’ march on Rome, was celebrated to-day, beginning with the Duce’s review of the Roman Garrison and the local military. They afterwards marched to the Piazza Venzea, where there were already gathered thousands of Black Shirts holding up gap banners. Around them ftere thousands of the general public, acclaiming the Duce when he appeared on a balcony. Mussolini began by warning mischief makers that they were playing a dangerous game. “Let them, not attempt to disturb the harmony between the King and Crown Prince (loud cheering) and the humblest villager. While this harmony persists what avails this vile perfidous vociferation of a few people whom we should have put rp against the wall in 1922, and shit.' . The crowd shoutbd: “Death to political exiles!” • The Duce then continued, saying that whereas after seven years of existence. other revolutions had shown signs of uncertainty, and deeripitude. We are still courageous enough to put a bullet into traitors’ back*. Italy was to-day exactly as he wanted it, with an army of citizens prepared for peace tasks, hardworking silent and disciplined. “But if anybody tries to disturb our harmony,” the remainder of the sentence was drowned by the cheering crow a. Mussolini later inaugurated a. num-' her of improvements in the city, including the removal of buildings disfiguring the capital. The Governor of Rome further announced a decision to remove from the centre of the citl what the Duce once called, “That stupid contamination,” namely the trams. Sixteen miles of track will be torn up and replaced by omnibuses, thus removing the eyesore spoiling some of the city’s most famous monuments.