POLITICIANS ON THE RUN

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 10

POLITICIANS ON THE RUN

LED BY IL DUCE

UNIQUE SCENE IN ROME

(Received December 1, 2.15 p.m.) ROME, November 30. Italian Deputies met for what is believed to be the last time owing to the I forthcoming reconstitution of the I Chamber. The principal business was I the unveiling of a tablet commemorating the foundation of the Abyssinian empire. The Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, who performed the ceremony, paid v tribute to Signor Mussolini upon "tfct fruits of your toil for over tweivlj years, forging the character of a new Italy in the school of sacrifice and inflaming it with unquenchable faith in the greatness of the country." Signor Mussolini then sprang a surprise by ordering 400 Deputies, all of whom wore military and naval uniforms, to take up formation nine abreast, and he led them frpm Parliament to his office in the Palazza Venezia, along the Corso, Rome's piccadilly. The Duce set the pace at tha brisk running walk of the Bersaglieri, and astonished the police, who were kept very busy shepherding the traffic in the side streets to clear a way for the panting politicians. Cameramen raced ahead to obtain pictures of the unprecedented scene. When the Deputies arrived at the Palazza Venezia they sang the Fascist song, "Giovanezza,* as a parting salutation to the Duce.