DUCE MAKES POLITICIANS PANT
GOOSE-STEPPED THEM THROUGH I STREETS OF ROME
tUnited Press Association. —By Electric *r..: Telegraph. — Copyright .] (Received 3 p.m.) r. v ROME, November 30. The Italian deputies rilet for what is believed to be the last time, owing to ithe forthcoming reconstitution of the Chamber. The principal business was the unveiling of a tablet commemorating the foundation of the Abyssinian Empire. .
Count Ciano, Foreign Secretary, performed the ceremony, paying tribute to Signor Mussolini, who is • Bis father-in-law, upon “the fruits of your'toil, over 20 years, in forging the character of the new Italy ■ In the school of sacrifice and inflam- ; ’ ing it to unquenchable faith in the greatness of the country.” Signor Mussolini then sprang a sur prise by ordering the 400 deputies, all -6f whom wore military uniforms,, to -form nine abreast, and, leading them >i»m Parliament to his office in the Palazfca Venezia, along the Corso, Rome’s Piccadilly. II Duce set the pace at the brisk running walk ;of the Bersagliere. ; Astonished police were kept busy shepherding traffic into side streets, to clear the way for the panting politicians. - Camera-men- raced ahead to secure pictures of the unprecedented scene. When the deputies arrived at the Palazza Venezia they sang the Fascist song, “Giovanezza,” parting with salutations to II Duce.
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Northern Advocate, 2 December 1936, Page 8
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