FASCIST PAPER

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 8

FASCIST PAPER

SUPPRESSED AT ROME. LONDON, July 5. On the liuw’ative of the British Government, an issue of the newspaper Regime Fascista has been suppressed in Romo. The issue complained of carried a violent attack on Mr Eden and demanded that Italy break off relations with Britain and France.

It also suggested ti was better to gi> to war with Britain and France now than to wait until their armaments made them too strong.

Sir Eric Drummond the Ambassador at Rome, went to the Foreign Minister (Count Ciano), and demanded to know whether the views expressed m Regime Fascista were those of the Italian Government. Count Ciano replied that they were not, and said he deplored their publication.

Regime Fascista is edited by Roberto Fnranacci, who, in the days when he was secretary of the Fascist Party, was said to be “too violent even for Mussolini.”

To-day’s action was prompted hy questions in, the Commons last night, when Mr Eden was asked if he would protest to Rome concerning Italian propaganda against Britain in Palestine.

He replied that Britain objected strongly to this class of propaganda, and had made many protests.