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LIMITING USE. MUSSOLINI ANALYSES FOUNTAIN OF HONOUR. UNAUTHORISED HOLDERS TO BE PROSECUTED.
(Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London,. July 2. The Daily Mail’s Rome correspondent states that Mussolini has declared war upon Italy’s allegedly spurious nobility. He has appointed a special heraldic commission to draw up a list of individuals who rightfully possess titles, the improper use of which will be a punishable offence. The correspondent adds: “Italy has the oldest nobility of Europe, also as many pseudo-Barons, spurious Counts and bogus Princes as can be found anywhere in the world. In the last century the sale of titles, especially in Southern Europe, has reached an unprecedented length. A regular tariff has existed, those paying sufficient gaining any title they fancied. Thousands of others, owing to the laxity of the regulations, adopted the practice of arbitrarily tacking Count or Marquis to the front of their names, constant use legitim atising the titles. The commission is submitting an official list of legitimate claims, after which it will be illegal for those not included to use a title. —Sun Cable.
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Southland Times, Issue 20220, 4 July 1927, Page 7
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