ITALY TO ACT
WAITING FOR ORDERS. SIGNIFICANT SPEECHES. NAZI VICTORY DESIRED. : (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received April 29, 9.50 a.m. ROME, April 28. Signor Mussolini and the Mini ister of Justice (Count Grandi), in speeches in the Chamber of , Fascists, confirmed that Italy cannot remain indefinitely out of the conflict. “We, therefore, arc waiting for orders and are ready,” they declared. Closing liis speech, Count Grandi, who was formerly Italian Ambassador in London, said: “Italy cannot stand outside this conflict. The Italian people have a deli hi te consciousness of their responsibilities and duties. Wo are behind the Date in whatever decision he may make.’’ Signor Ansaldo, a director of Count Ciano’s newspaper Telegrapho, in a broadcast to the Italian troops, said : Germany, lias now over SO,OOO troops in Norway. We soldiers of Italy, while doing full justice and honour to the valour of the Allied soldiers, hope and trust that the Germans will win. The New York Times gives prominence to a story that code business messages received in New York from Switzerland reveal that the sailing of the Italian liner Bex from Naples on May 1 has been indefinitely postponed. The Italian line officials insist that they are not breaking the schedule.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 7
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205ITALY TO ACT Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 7
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