ITALY: Thorn in Europe's Eye

Mordant, militant are the words of Signor Augusto Turati, right hand "boss politician" to Signer Benito Mussolini, and Secretary General of the Fascist party.

Whenever Signor Turati defines Fascismo his words become especially aggressive; he snorts, he challenges. Sometimes he even scrambles tumbling metaphors.

Last week, speaking to 600 officers of the Fascist militia, Secretary Turati snorted: "The whole world is against us. We are against the whole world because we are antidemocrats, anti-Liberals, anti-Socialists. Fascismo is a thorn in Europe's eye, a hard blow in her back, an army which obeys,...

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