An Act

According to L'Idea Nazionale, pro-Fascist Rome journal, the Government —that is Premier Mussolini—is preparing a National Defence Act, the main provisions of which were said to be:

1) All organizations designed to overthrow by force the existing social order are to be declared illegal and all persons founding or joining such organizations may be imprisonel for from five to ten years, in addition to being fined from 50 to 500,000 lire ($2.50 to $25,000).

2) "Persons transporting or otherwise handling explosives for commercial purposes are to be...

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