FASCISM STANDS TRIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1930, Page 7

FASCISM STANDS TRIAL

INDICTMENT OF DI BOSA’ f _ SHOOTING AT CROWN PRINCE THE REGIME OF MUSSOLINI SENSATION AT BRUSSELS By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brussels, Sept. 26. The trial of Di Rosa, on a charge of attemptinw to assassinate the Crown Prince of'ltaly developed into the trial of Fascism, in which distinguished Italians gave evidence as to the state of the country under Mussolini’s rule.

Signor N ifcti said t!iafc Ital - y 6howed a loss of liberty which was leading to her economic decadence as well as a decline in the intellectual level. He praised the character of Di Rosa, and referred to the young Italians of different parties executed under the Fascist regime. Ex'-Deputy Turati said Di Rosa sought to draw the attention of public opinion abroad to Italy’s misfortunes and to awaken the spirit of resistance in Italy. Signor Ferrari, an exiled lawyer, decleared that the King of Italy had become the Chancellor of the Dictator. A sensation was caused in the court when Signor Rosetti, an Italian wartime hero, said the present position in Italy was. like that in Belgium during the German occupation. He had left Italy because he was haunted with the desire to commit a patriotic crime. The case was adjourned. Di Rosa was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment: