MUSSOLINI’S ANCESTRY.
♦ OF HISTORIC DESCENT. -OME INTERESTING DISCOVERJES <• i’aßi.h muss issoi-MTinn i’(iwhii;h i LONDON. March 11. The Rome conespondent of “Tnc Times'’ states: —Si.euior Mussolini, commenting nn flic announcement that lie ha- been discovered to be of historic de-cent and entitled to a count’s rank ■lid title, said : “What matter- it. If 1 am proud ol anything, it -is- of my humble birth." An enthusiastic admirer. Giovanni Du'cetti. a . Venetian barber whose bobbv is heraldry, lias published a bool-; un Signor Mussolini's ancestry, the ie--ult- of four year*’ research in Venetian archives. He unearthed a sixteenth century document showing that tlie \fussolinis had aiways beoo tribunes -ince the vear 996. while-some attained high office. .The Emperor Sigisnuinu. : n 1944. appointed Giovanni Mussolini a nalatine count, w ith the right- ci peral transmission. Dolcetti whets ii, , ai’ioetite bv announcing that he will lr >'-e tlie descent in a latter volume. Kqt Sic-nor Alussolini cites l an ancient Roman nroverb: “It is better to become Pons than to be born famous. "Times.'’ |
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 March 1928, Page 7
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