Foreign News: Authority, Order, Justice!

Eight hundred prominent Fascisti, the acknowledged hierarchy of the Party, marched into the hoary Palazzo Venezia at Rome last week and furiously applauded Dictator Mussolini as he uttered more than honeyed words. "It is the simple truth," cried Il Duce, as he launched into his oration, "that the hierarchy of our Party is composed of honest men who deserve the esteem of the nation!"

Complacently the honest men smirked, but they did not relax. They knew that tart, vital words would follow the fulsome compliment. Two days previously Il Duce had given...

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