All week long, in the Chamber of Deputies, the internal policy of Premier Benito Mussolini's Government was debated. Each day the walls of the building echoed storms of applause or bursts of indignation.
Ex-Premiers Giovanni Giolitti and Vittorio Orlando definitely ranged themselves on the side of the Opposition—that hopelessly torn group whose disgruntled Socialist members (150 of them) have refused to attend the session, as a protest against Fascismo. Ex-Premier Salandra voted for the Government. Many notable speeches were made:
Giolitti. Ex-Premier Giolitti (Liberal) confined himself almost entirely to attacking the Government's...
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