FASCISM IN ITALY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20004, 22 January 1927, Page 11

FASCISM IN ITALY

SEE VICE TO WHOLE WORLD BOLSHEVISM COUKTERACTZD. (Press Association—By Xdc^rsph—Copyright) LONDON, January 20. “Fascism has rendered service to the whole world,” said Mr Winston Churchill, when interviewed at Rome. “The fear besetting every democratic leader,” he said, “is the likelihood of extremists overbidding him. Italy has shown a way of fighting the subversive elements by rallying the mass o' the people wishing to defend the honour and stability of civilised society, thus providing an antidote to the Russian poison. It is absurd to suggest that the Italian Government is not popular when it is supported by 20,000,000 Fascists. England has not had to face Leninism in the same deadly form. Fascism, by its own methods, will succeed in grappling with Communism and choking out its life.”— Sydney Sun Cable. HANDED OVER TO RELATIVES. ROME, January 20. (Received Jan. 21, at 9 p.m.) The Italian Government has decided to drop the prosecution of Miss Violet Gibson for firing at Signor Mussolini, as she was not responsible for her actions. Moreover, the authorities are desirous of avoiding the prosecution of an Englishwoman. Miss Gibson will be handed over to the care of her family.—A. and N.Z. Cable. In April of last year Miss Violet Gibson, an Irishwoman of disordered mind, shot Signor Mussolini in the face in an attempt to take his life.