MUSSOLINI REAPPEARS

Evening Star, Issue 25425, 5 March 1945, Page 5

MUSSOLINI REAPPEARS

VISIT TO ITALIAN FRONT IN EXCELLENT HEALTH, BUT THINNER LONDON, March 3. Mussolini recently inspected the Ist Battalion of the crack Italian regiment, the Bereaglieri, says Reuter's correspondent at Allied headquarters in Italy. Mussolini was wearing a grey uniform, and promised the Bersaglieri all the weapons necessary to throw out " the scum of the earth trampling Italian soil—negroes, Indians, Jews, New Zealanders, South Africans, British, Americans, and Brazilians. I. am certain victory will be ours," he concluded. Mussolini is enjoying excellent health, says the Rome correspondent of the ' New York Times.' During a recent visit to Milan he was seen bounding up two flights of stairs two and three steps at a time. His voice is strong and he looks well, although he is somewhat thin. He is living in a Lake Garda villa, i .

Von Kesselring has stepped up artilery fire on all sectors of the- Fifth Army front, reports Reuter's correspondent in Italy. His guns poured in more than 500 shells in less than 12 hours against the American positions recently captured at Mount Belvedere. German patrols near Gallicanb were driven off after suffering casualties from fierce mortar fire.