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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17156, 5 October 1926, Page 10

NOT NEEDED NOW

CASTOR OIL IN ITALY. LENIX-ITLS CURED. SYDNEY. Sept.2. The demand for castor oil in Italy has slumped. Fascism rules the land, and if there arc any Communists loft they don't voice their views from the housc)o})H. P. Captyicffn, second wireless opera-, lor on the Cnprera, which arrived from Genoa last night, is rt second lieutenant in the Black Shirt army. He has his uniform with him — a, neat silicon' blade shirt, a green and grey jacket, and a black cap trimmed with gold. Lieutenant Caponetta is proud of that uniform. "Willi the assistance of Ernesto Gndoviteh, first operator, who speaks English, he gave his views on Fascism. There arc about *.!00,000 in the Black Shirt army now, lie said. They give their services free. After their ordinary day's work is completed they report to a Black Shirt depot, receive instructions, and patrol streets, make investigations, and generally carry out secret police work. MUSSOLINI WORSHIP. II Dure! Both. Caponetta and Gijdovilch have an admiration for Mussolini almost amounting to worship. His ph otog ra phs—se v oral of I hem— a dor n the wireless cabin. The men show pictures of him in Italian illustrated papers, inspecting guards, opening functions, and the like. Mussolini is the man who re-made Italy. His word is law. What .lie does is right. The days of the iiKinganello ('.cudgel) and castor oil are over. Those were the spacious days of Fascism, The K'arl Mnrx-cum-Lenin epidemic was treated in its initail singes Willi, lour or five' whacks of the Tnangancllo, before breakfast for preference Where the disease was advanced two small tncMik'sfuls of castor oil wvrc administered. Generally the patient recovered—after a couple of days. He felt very sick —especially of Convmmiism. -.#•' As a castor oil expert; Caponetta was asked how many pints should be(.administered to Australian Communists. "No castor oil here," he .said. "Plenty anangancllo.! " Gudovich said that strikes were almost unknown in Italy. If workmen were dissatisfied wiili their rates of pay or'conditions of working they applied to Mussolini, who called n conference and i" the dispute was sufficiently big, presided himself and gave his decision, which was loyally obeyed by both parties; Senatore Marconi, the operators said, is a believer in Fascism.