NO ILLUSIONS
Italy Preparing For War MUSSOLINI ADDRESSES TROOPS (By Telegraph-Tress Association—Copyright) ROME, Aug. I'. “Italy has no illusions about peace and is preparing for war,” declared Signor Benito Mussolini, when reviewing 25,000 officers and m n. He added: “While the guns aie booming in so many parts of ’.lie world, illusion is folly and unpiep.n.ncss a crime. We are there.or- ge.ting ready. Italians have only one privilege ambition to bear arms defence of the Fatherland." A London message stated that the Daily Telegraph and Morning lu. I [says that Italy will shortly b’gni th? building of 12 light cruisers o.aii. lr , the names of Roman Emp-ruis a., a warriors. They will be of 36)0 tons and b.ave a speed of 39 to 40 !:no.s. Thc-r armament will consist of six-inch ur 4.7-inch guns, in addition to antiaircraft armament and torpedo tubes. They will be finished wiUiin 22 months. These “cxploratori," or scouts, will eclipse the big French flitd'a l . d' .s and further outclass the Brili.-h Tribal class destroyers. The It* liaa cruisers are the biggest of thcii t; ; : in the peace-time prog*anime o. r a:r r Power
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 190, 13 August 1938, Page 9
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189NO ILLUSIONS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 190, 13 August 1938, Page 9
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