ITALIAN PRESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 3

ITALIAN PRESS

SECRET INSTRUCTIONS. j As in Germany, so in Italy all the I Press must take its orders irom the 1 Ministry for the Press and I’ropa- j g-anda. Examples of the secret instruc- | tions issued to the German Press have i v been published in the Manchester . j Guardian; which now gives a similar > series issued to the Italian Press dur- i ing October. They are taken from the ! version given in English in Giustizia e Liberia, an Italian anti-Fascist paper ! j printed in Paris, which claims to guar- <■ antee their authenticity. This claim f can in part be justified by reference f to the Italian Press of the days fol- t lowing the instructions. Not only were t the general lines followed but the details were also scrupulously obeyed. For instance, the words of Signor Mussolini’s speech were given in the amended form, and the telegram from i the rabbit-breeders and poultry farmers was duly mentioned. i Most of the instructions require no s explanation. Count Ciano, mentioned under October 26, is Mussolini’s son- v in-law and Minister of Propaganda. J He is at present with the Italian forces } in Abyssinia as commander of an air } squadron (the “Disperata’’), and na- ( turally has been given wide publicity 1 in the messages of the various correspondents. Apparently Mussolini, who is always jealous of subordinates, believes Count Ciano is becoming too popular. The last instruction is put as £ a request only, and it is interesting that 11 Popolo d’ltalia, the most offi- i cial of all the papers, owned by Signor Mussolini’s family, did not reprint < all the articles mentioned. October 23.—N0 comment to be made s on Sir S. Hoarc’s speech. Comment to be made on the report on Italian films. Importance to be given to the I Stefani communique on .the attitude of Brazil towards sanctions. Insist on < the news of the Rome Agency about France and sanctions. October 24 No more notice to be < taken of the speeches of Hoare, Eden, the Commemoration of Giacomo Boni and Baldwin. Interest to be taken in by Count htan Martino in Paris tomorrow. October 26.—A1l newspapers to give an important place to the publication of the list of Fascist improvements carried out during the year XIII. At- ’ tenuate the tone of the correspondence from Asmara, where Count Ciano . is concerned, especially the headlines. With regard to the previous disposi- i tion, insist no longer, especially in the headlines, on. he actions of the “Disperata” squadron. In Mussolini’s speech, third paragraph, in the sentence “. . . . never as to-day does the Italian people, etc. . . cancel the word “profound,” which , follows the word “justice.” In the message to the Blackshirts, in the sentence beginning “Legionaries of the Revolution . . the words “you must” are to be changed to “you will”; .the “you must” which . follows shortly after to be changed to _ “you can.” October 29.—An attitude of reserve , to be maintained with regard to Eng- ‘ land, and also with regard to France and Germany. Great importance to be given, on , the other hand, to our home activities. ( Insist on the inauguration of public works, especially the inauguration of the University Buildings. Give much space to the communiques on the limitation and economy in < the consumption of goods, insisting on . the fact that Fascist Italy replies to < the iniquitous sanctions with a spirit g of abnegation and

Insist on the fact that ration-cards will not be necessary for bread because,’ thanks to the wheat battle, we have all the wheat we need. Give importance to the inauguration of the theatrical year, which will take place in Rome, Turin, and Milan. Give importance to the widening of the “Via delle Botteghe Basse.” October 31.—Comment on the telegram sent to the Duce by the rabbitbreeders and poultry farmers. Dedicate the whole of the first page to the inauguration ceremony of the University Buildings. In a very emotional lone. (Sensibilizzare molto.) Comment on the Duce’s speech. With regard to the answer of the United States Government to the League of Nations, it is considered opportune for the comments of the* Italian Press to be, generally speaking, in harmony with the recent substantial confirmation of the neutrality of the United States, and, on the other hand, that it should insist on the illusions which may arise once more for the preservation of peace in Europe from the indirect encouragement of the action of the League of Nations contained in the Note of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United State*?, Comment with the greatest reserve, without expressions revealing satisfaction for the American answer to Geneva. It is desired that papers should reproduce from the last page of yesterday evening’s Lavoro Fascista the correspondence from New York entitled “Instructive Statistics”; and from yesterday evening’s Corriere della Sera, either wholly or in part, the two articles entitled “ Amusing Sanctions ” and “The Defence.”