Resentment In Italy Spreading

Northern Advocate, 26 August 1943, Page 3

Resentment In Italy Spreading

(Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 25. Resentment is spreading throughout Italy at the failure of the Badoglio Government to secure I'aly's withdrawal from the war. German troops are still pouring into northern Italy, and hopes of peace arc receding, say correspondents on the Swiss frontier. Peace demonstrations are continuing, particularly in the north, where fear of renewed Allied air attacks on Italy’s industrial cities is causing increasing unrest. Proclamations by the Government are being ignored in many instances, and in others treated with contempt. Hostility towards King Victor Emmanuel is also being shown in many of the large northern cities. The Milan newspaper “Corriere Della Sera" says: "All we want is to get out of this terrible mess—really out. It would be futile to curse our enemies." An Italian news agency declared today: "The enemy may well continue to bomb Italian towns if he believes this will assist him, but he should stop passing judgment on the Badoglio Government. The Government is doing everything in its power to save the country, which is faced with the dilemma cf dictatorship or anarchy.” Developments as sensational as the fall of Mussolini are expected in Italy, says Algiers radio. Large forces of German S.S. troops have arrived in Rome and other Italian cities. “Popolo di Romo” states that the situation in Italy continues to be one of the most delicate possible and is full of unknown factors.