Italian Defeat Angers Duce
(Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 21.
! Reports from Rome suggest that t a more pressing reason than a j sandstorm prompted Signor MusJ solini to curtail his African tour.
; The “Daily Herald’s” Rome i correspondent says the defeat of i Italian forces at Madrid, which • has inflicted a setback upon | Italy’s prestige in Central Europe ! has alarmed and angered Signor I ‘ Mussolini. >
! All news of the Italian defeat is j being withheld from the Italian | people. j 11 Duce is expected tonight. A J radio message from the cruiser I Pola described how Signor MusI solini reviewed the second Naval • Squadron, after which, despite j rough weather, the Pola, escorted • by four cruisers, raced at full S speed for Gaeta. . ! An official spokesman ( Stated ! that Signor Mussolini’s return • was not hastened by any political
• motives. j II Duce, when informed of press J comments on the subject, Was J ■ annoyed at their mendacious ! nature.
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Northern Advocate, 23 March 1937, Page 5
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