Word: italianization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Soldiers and War veterans paraded and huzzahed in virtually all Italian towns and cities; but at Rome chief attention was focused on Colonial Day by Signer Mussolini in a dramatic effort to awaken what he termed "the nation's colonial conscience...
...rousing prologue to the "awakening" had been delivered two days previously in the Chamber of Deputies by Colonial Minister Luigi Federzoni. "One of the most brilliant pages in the world's colonial history," cried he, "is inscribed with the story of how Italian troops have recently occupied in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica an additional area one third the size of Italy at a paltry cost of less than 57,000,000 lira...
...Colonial Day this same rousing theme was taken as a text by Dictator Mussolini, at Rome, where he proceeded to bestow a coveted medal on the corps flag of the Italian Colonial Air Force. In ringing tones Il Duce declared that during the four-month period of hottest fighting in the two African colonies, last winter, 4000 war flights were made, 100,000 rounds of ammunition fired, and 400,000 pounds of explosives were dropped upon native tribes foolish enough to resist the Italian colonizers...
Having thus clarioned to the nation's colonial conscience, Signer Mussolini pinned a bronze medal on Air Corps Flag Bearer Colonel Mario Stangani. Hugging and kissing the Colonel on both cheeks, Il Duce cried: "I embrace in you the whole Italian Colonial Aviation Service...
Following is the symphonic program for tomorrow evening, starting at the same time: into the Wartburg Wagner Valse triste Sibelius Suite, "Namouna" Lalo Overture to "Der Freischutz" Weber Two Nocturnes Debussy "Rossiniana," Suito Rossini-Respighl Hungarian Dance Brahms Waltz from "The Bat" Strauss Italian Caprice Tchaikovsky...