GARIBALDI'S CURSE
Sir-yYour recent article about Garibaldi’s invasion of Sicily brings to mind an interesting statement made by this famous Italian soldier, "England," he said, "is a great and powerful nation, foremost in human progress, enemy to despotism, the only safe refuge for the exile, friend of the oppressed, and if ever England should be so circumstanced as to require the help of an ally, cursed be the Italian who would not step forward in her defence." Commenting on this statement early in the war, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary for Air, said: "As a liberal, and a lover and admirer of Italy, I am not sorry to see Signor Mussolini, the savage persecutor of Italian liberals’ the assassin of Matteotti, the treacherous conqueror of Abyssinia, the brutal oppressor of the Arabs in Libya, the cowardly jackal of Europe, marching to destruction with the curse of Garibaldi on his head." Since this observation was made, Mussolini has come a great deal nearer to destruction. It is also interesting to note that "free-Italians" in England have formed a Garibaldi regiment.
H.M.
T.
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 212, 16 July 1943, Page 3
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181GARIBALDI'S CURSE New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 212, 16 July 1943, Page 3
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