Word: matteoti
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Frankenstein of Fascismo which Premier Mussolini raised in Italy put him into power, but it now threatens to destroy him because he cannot control it. Beginning last July with the assassination of Matteoti, the Socialist deputy, there has been a sucqession of disturbances which culminated in the Italian Armistice Day riot. The grandson of the great Garibaldi has even challenged Mussolini to a duel but has not been answered...
...week in Italy was somewhat obscured by a strict news censorship, but there was every reason to believe that the murder of Socialist Deputy Giacomo Matteoti (allegedly by disciples of Premier Benito Mussolini ?TIME, June 23) had aroused the Italian people to a dangerous pitch and shaken the very foundation of Fascismo...
...efforts to find the body of the murdered Socialist allegedly failed. None of the prisoners gave any information on the point, but ex-Editor Filippelli of the Corriere Italiano admitted that he had given instructions for the kidnapping of Deputy Matteoti. One Amerigo Dumini, who kept his peace, was rumored to have carried out the murder...