Another Fascist Purge

Northern Advocate, 15 August 1942, Page 3

Another Fascist Purge

(Rec. noon) LONDON, August 14. Mussolini’s purge of the Italian Fascist Party is continuing and 76,000 members have now been expelled. Rome radio describes the purge as “a revision of membership.”

The general secretary of the Fascist Party has given these reasons for the expulsion: Lack of interest in party affairs; refusal to join the voluntary militia for national safety; failure to wear the Fascist badge; and infringement of the rationing regulations. The secretary added that a systematic examination of the position of every Fascist party member was being carried out to eliminate harmful debris. For Free Italy Anti-Fascist Italians opened the Fan-American conference, designed to unify the Free Italy movement. Under the chairmanship of Count Carlo Sforza, one of the last pre-Mus-solini foreign ministers, who has been directing the anti-Fascist movement from the United States, the members of the conference declared that their ideals fitted perfectly with those of the United Nations, and expressed the hope that the Allies would recognise the movement and accept the help proposed against the Axis by the Italian Legion.