"WE MUST HOLD OUT"
ADDRESS BY MUSSOLINI
LONDON, July 5. "There are no alternatives in this war; either we win, as I firmly believe we shall, or else Italy will get a dishonourable peace, degrading her to a fourth- or fifth-rate Power,* said Signor Mussolini in a recent address to a meeting of the Fascist Party directorate, a report of which was released in Rome today. "Our people caii rest assured that an enemy attempt to land will be metj with an iron hand and unshakeable | determination," he said. "We must hold out—that is the demand of honour. The enemy must not be proved right in the despicable allegation that! Italians are unable to resist to the twelfth hour but would give in at a quarter to 12. j "I reject absolutely my responsibility"! for this wax-. One day I shall prove i that the war should not have been fought, but that we were compelled to fight or else we should no longer have j been a Power worthy of history." Admitting strikes in Italy, Mussolini added: "The stoppages of work which occurred last March were only sporadic. They were caused by questions of economics, and any attempt to represent them as political action is ridiculous. I eriaorse the decisions of the! directorate demanding stern measures against all those who endanger the nation's morale and unity." •
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1943, Page 5
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