Word: fascismo
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...stamping out large numbers of the secret bandit gangs or "Mafia" in Sicily (TIME, Oct. 24, Jan. 23). Punch put into the mouth of its nearly strangled brigand a gasp: "If you destroy our secret societies you kill romance." To this the burly-but-impeccable victor, Signor Mussolini, replies: "Fascismo is all the romance Italy needs!" Last week the real Signor Mussolini lived up to his cartooned likeness by ordering that suppression of the criminal class in Sardinia shall at once begin with the same drastic vigor that has proved salutary in Sicily...
Even in Italy there is one harsh voice which caws and carps at Fascismo and its Duce-the voice of The Black Bird...
...Railroads, roads, aqueducts, public buildings, land reclaiming enterprises and houses have been witnesses to the whole world how Fascismo transforms Italy and increases its strength in all fields. This review of our obstinate endeavor completed by the rally of all your legions in arms, is a solemn warning to any one hatching the folly of attempting to halt our march...
...quarrel concerned Fascist policy and was between two members of the fire-eating wing of Fascismo, (Emilio Settimelli and Mario Carli, editors of the Impero [Power], sometimes described as an official Fascist journal) and the two members of the weaker-kneed group, Curzio Suckert and Telesio Interlandi, (editors of the Tevere [Stable], a convenient backyard for Dictator Mussolini's mental gambits...
...Fascismo has its muskets, and above all it has its courage and in domitable spirit and in its veins runs the magnificent Italian blood which does not give way in face of danger, which loves to fight and is patient of pain and suffering. We could have resigned ourselves to continuing to be a small nation, tolerated by Europe and by the world. But we have chosen the more difficult road because we know that it will lead to liberty and greatness...