ITALY UNDER ARMS.
Fascisti Mobilised for East African Service. United PreSs Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ROME„ February 16. Signor Mussolini reviewed two battalions of the Blackshirt Fascist militia, which had been mobilised by postcard, prior to their departure to Italian East Africa. The Prince of Piedmont reviewed a third battalion at Naples. Many Fascisti left their businesses at fortyeight hours’ notice. Big camps have been established at Syracuse and Palermo, where a holiday atmosphere prevails. Enthusiastic crowds along the streets and at the railway stations farewelled the militia. LARGE FORCE SAILS. LONDON, February 17. : | The Naples correspondent of the I British United Press says that a thou- . sand of Fascist militia men have sailed i for East Africa, fully equipped for colonial warfare and in uniform i Crowds cheered them from the quayside. The troops reviewed by Signor Mussolini are sailing later.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20542, 18 February 1935, Page 1
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