“WE WILL IMPOSE PEACE"

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 7

“WE WILL IMPOSE PEACE"

ITALY AND GERMANY SPEECH BY MUSSOLINI 150 MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE GROUP (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) Received May 21, 8.40 p.m. ROME, May 21. “Italy and Germany want peace and will impose it if necessary,” declared Signor Mussolini, speaking at Cuneo, where cries of “Nice, Savoy, on to Paris!” greeted him. Mussolini said: “I spoke clearly a’ Turin and will not speak any more. Italian people will talk if necessary. The Italian-German agreement will be signed to-morrow and will provide a bloc of 150,000,000 people against whom nothing can prevail." VICTORY PARADE ITALIANS TAKE LIMELIGHT MUSSOLIM LIONISED. MADRID, May 19. The Italians stole the limelight in the Victory Parade by monopolising the first hour of the march past today, after which the first of all the Spanish units reached the saluting base General Saliquet lode at the head of a vast column preceded by motorcyclists, but on their heels were 10,000 Italians headed by General Gambara (Italian commander of all volunteers in Spain). An outburst of cheering greeted the first Spanish detachment carrying an enormous portrait of General Franco. Seven Spanish aircraft batteries followed, and then a further host of Italians, all singing and lionising the Duce. Spanish naval and military units streamed past the base before the singing Italians were out of earshot. Those on the dais, including the entire Cabinet, were high military dignitaries, among whom were Marsha) Petain (French Ambassador to Spain), the Papal Nuncio, and the Moroccan Grand Vizier. Moorish troops passed shouting their slogans, and planes swooped over in formation sketching the word I “Franco.”