HIT-AND-RUN STORY
VANDERBILT EXPLAINS
MUSSOLINI WOT TO BLAME
HIMSELF IN DANGER
United Tress Association—By Electric Tel»--eraph—Copyright. (Received 17th February, 1.30 p.m.)] LOS ANGELES, 16th Feb. In a statement on Monday, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, junior, described die alleged story of Mussolini's hit-and-run automobile accident. "There was nothing at all discreditable to Mussolini in it," he said. "I told the story not as an indictment, but merely as an interesting, dramatic episode in the life of a great man.
"The car, driven by Mussolini, ran over a child during military inspection, when I was driving with the Premier at his invitation. I did not know whether the child was hurt badly, but I recognised at the time that every precaution was taken for the safety of the onlookers. Mussolini was not to blame. Furthermore, I realised that to stop would have served no purpose. Driving on was not a' cowardly endeavour to avoid detection. Had Mussolini stopped at the time there was possible danger to himself; Anti-Fascists were believed to have been in the crowd. It might have precipitated • riot or even great tragedy."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1931, Page 9
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182HIT-AND-RUN STORY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1931, Page 9
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