DUCE IS HOPEFUL
"A blue patch is spreading in ; Europe's political skies; responsible men are working towards this end,*! declared Signor Mussolini last-, month. Wearing a steel helmet, he - was addressing one hundred thou-: sand soldiers and ex-service men, from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia at a parade to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of ItalyV armistice with the ■Central -Powers;; " But it would be imprudent and un-Fascist-like to give voice to exag-' gerated and premature optimism" " :i he added. " There are men who,:; \ defeated by the straight and peace-' ful policy of the Axis, still dream with open eyes of. an impossible revenge. Because of this we must: still sleep with our heads on. bur;..-. knapsacks as we did in the trenches." " The usual display of German uni- > forms at the parade was conspicuous by its absence.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23691, 24 December 1938, Page 16
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