Pageantry in Rome

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7300, 30 October 1933, Page 7

Pageantry in Rome

Triumphant larch of The Legions Recalled

MUSSOLINI WANTS , ITALY TO RULE

United Press Association.—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 8 p.m. ROME, Oct. 28. “Italy must lead the world in air and on land and in tho realm of sipirt,” declared Mussolini from the balcony of the Plazzo Venetia at tho climax of a glittering march of 16,000 war veterans and Black Shirts, celebrating the eleventh anniversary of the Fascist march on Rome and inaugurating “Imperial Way,” which Mussolini has had reconstructed through tho historic city of the Caesars, on which Roman soldiers marched 2000 years ago. , As Fascist Eagles and other emblems dipped under the ancient Arch of Constantine, newly revealed by excavations, cheering thousands regarded the spectacle of tho revival of tho ancient triumphant march of tho Legions, which impression was heightened by tho presence of the King taking tho salute for the first time in the anniversary celebrations. Tho whole of Italy was on holiday, bands playing in the squares and bonfires blazing on tho peaks of the Alps and the Appennines throughout the night. A huge works programme, . involving £-10,000,000, was inaugurated among the day’s celebrations,. Mussolini’s message to the people challenges democracy and party government. It says that old doctrines aro capitulating everywhere. The papers print maps showing that Fascism has crossed tho frontiers of Italy. Germany and Austria aro coloured grey. A grey arrow points questioningly towards Britain.