The Congress: Italian Debt

" 'At one word from me 3,000,000 youths will rush to my side and draw their swords to vindicate the rights of Italy. ... In every revolution some of the conquered have been put to the sword. The Fascisti have not done this until now, but it is never too late.'

"That, sir, sounds like the roar of a wild beast, not the utterance of a man. That sounds like the voice of hell turned loose into the wholesome atmosphere of the earth. . . .

"It is to this...

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