GRAZIANI REJECTS DEMONSTRATION IN OWN SUPPORT
(Rec 10 a.m.) , , ROME, October 12. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani shouted, “Put them out. Take them in charge —they will spoil all my work,” when a crowd demonstrated in the courtroom in his favour. Graziani addressed the court for five hours, behaving more like a pro-consul in charge of a case than a prisoner. Graziani accused the Italian and foreign press of printing infamies about him, planned by ambitious fel-Icw-officers and Fascists, particularly the head of the first Italian surrender Government, Marshall Badolio. Graziani, in an impassioned defence of his military and political administration, went minutely over his 25-year career in Africa, describing the attempts against his life and the battles he commanded. The demonstration occurred at the end of his recital, when a spectator in the gallery shouted, “Viva, Graziani.” , „ x X Graziani leaped to his feet, directing the police to quell the demonstration, shouting “Agents provocateurs. The police detained one demonstrator.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1948, Page 5
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