MUSSOLINI.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 8 February 1927, Page 9

MUSSOLINI.

ACTOR AND DEMAGOGUE

FIERCE ATTACK BY MR WELLS. ibt cmr-mss AssoruTios-correioHT»' v'.vstbaua;; a:;d xr. cable association.) LONDON. February 6. Mr H. (.;. Weils, in a lengthy rev.ow of Italy, in the ••.-fuiuiay Express," savagely attacks signur Mussolini, lie reviews his aipuumicc uii tile scene as a bjr:i .■ ■ •..; . • , ~...: , ~ . ~ by quick i:>\iiKi ol what is suecew uaaoiu'.bh . it la in-i-i—:.:»i: v u.:i - . i'j iiiul\ a 1l«. ol tne iuuuii.u-.tLiv.' puiili.-rap.is ii-jvv uespatierin t ; ihe world in order to roali'-.c tha-. -t i> the lace M a perfeei popular actor. The face usually stare; out ironi some premie-heroic io>uiiue, with eye, devoid ui tliouiiht and intelligence, and with an expression ol' vacuous .'hallenye: 'Well, what have you pot against me? 1 deny it.' "It is me lace of a man uioisstrouslv vain iitr.iid of the first hiss. Ho is not physically afraid—not afraid of an assassin—hut is afraid deadiv afraid, of truth walking by day. "Murders and outrages ngam-t opponents which Ho like a trail of blood through his record are the natural concomitants of leadership by a man too afraid of self-realisation to endure the face of :11 | antagonist. "Every sin»l<: name of the men beaten, exiled, or foully put to death is tho name of n better man than the posturing figure holding the stage in Italy. Mussolini has made nothing of Itnlv. He is a product of Italy, and a morbid product. "Italians ask: 'What should wo have done without Mussolini?' The answer is: 'You would have r-ot another.' "I predict many things may happen. Either war or revolution—Vnd in so far as that is the case. Ttnlv is dangerous to nil humnnitv. At pnrent Itnlv is merely Vnscnlini. Tt may presently be his distracted relict.''