‘NO USEFUL FUNCTION’
PARLIAMENT OBSOLETE, SAYS MUSSOLINI LATEST REFORM SCHEME By Telegraph—Press association. Copyright. (Rec. November 30, 8.25 p.m.) London, November 30. , The “Daily Telegraph’s” Rome correspondent says: — “The Italian Chamber has reassembled. Among the measures for immediate adoption is one for the renewal <>f dictatorial powers for another year. Signor Mussolini is seriously considering the abolition of Parliament altogether. He expressed this view two days ago to a delegation of labour experts and industrialists.
“According to Signor Mussolini, a congress of exports with legislative powers might be more useful than a more elective political body, which appeals only to vast masses, pandering to their ignorance, cupidity and vices. Government, he says, should be for the benefit of the greater number, but not by the greater number. Signor Mussolini’s conviction is that Parliaments representing only the misguided, ignorant, and capricious masses are obsolete and no longer serve any useful function in the' modern State.” —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 57, 1 December 1923, Page 7
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