“THE MODERN CAESAR”
HOW MUSSOLINI WAS RECEIVED BY ARABS LEADS DESERT, CAVALCADE - ITALY’S DICTATOR’S FLYING VISIT TO TRIPOLI \ By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Australian and New Zealand Cable Asociation. (Received April 16, 7 p.m.) . ROME, April 16. Signor Mussolini left Tripoli for Rome, with the Italian Fleet closely accompanying, his ship. The episodes of his trip were most theatrical. His motor caravan raced over the desert for three hours. On reaching Homs, Mussolini himself took the wheel, and led the cavalcade, often touching fifty miles an hour. The guns of the citadel at Homs fired a salute on his arrival, and the refrain was taken up by desert drums, whining Arab bagpipes, and the cries of the Dervishes. Green posters hailed Mussolini as '“The New Caesar of Modern Rome.” n When an Arab chief presented him with a black charger, Mussolini said: “A most acceptable gift. I love the horse, which symbolises force and speed.” Mussolini visited the ruins of Lepus Magnus before returning very rapidly to Tripoli. The native tribesmen everywhere saluted him with their arms upraised.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12423, 17 April 1926, Page 5
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