MUSSOLINI "DOG OF WAR"
“HIT AND RUN” MOTORIST
ACCUSATIONS BY AMERICAN
STRONG PROTEST ENTERED
DICTATOR, SENDS DENIAL
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.
Rec. 7.5 p.m. Washington, Jan. 27. Following strong protests by the Italian ambassador and the institution of an investigation by the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. C. F. Adams, Signor Demartino has received a cable, from Signor Mussolini denying statements alleged to have been made by Major-Gen-eral Smedley Butler, who was reported to have told a group in an address at Philadelphia that Signor Mussolini was ‘‘a mad dog of war” and a “hit-and-run” automobilist.
General Butler is alleged to have stated he had a friend who toured Italy with Signor Mussolini and saw the Prime Minister’s motor kill a child and drive off without giving aid. General Butler is also said to have discussed the Italian Dictator’s warlike proclivities, accusing him of desiring to start wars.
Signor Mussolini said he never ran over anyone and he never took an American on a tour of Italy. ' General Butler has not yet offered a reply.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1931, Page 5
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