Foreign News: Gag-Law

It was said of a Roman conqueror: "He makes solitude and calls it—peace. "Mussolini creates silence and calls it consent. The Cabinet forbade the publication of "news of a false or biased character calculated to hamper the Government in its diplomatic relations or damage national credit at home or abroad; articles, headlines or illustrations calculated to excite class hatred or affect discipline in public services, or favor the interests of foreigners, as against Italians, or likely to give offense to the fatherland, the King, the Pope, religious institutions and the powers of...

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