Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bullet. Amid delirious cheering, Signor Mussolini quitted the Capitol and strode toward his automobile. In the general excitement no one noticed a wild-eyed white-haired Irishwoman who sprang up beside the Premier's motor and thrust a small object at him with both hands. Her gesture was not that of a woman pointing a revolver. II Duce, intent upon his thoughts, did not notice the blue steel muzzle trained upon his temple. As a band struck up the Fascist hymn, "Giovinezza," he threw back his head and fixed his eyes on a staff flying the Italian flag. The bullet...
...Nothing!" Famed Italian surgeon Professor Bastianelli, rushed to Premier Mussolini and deftly checked a possible nasal hemorrhage by holding his handkerchief in such a way as to stop the flow of blood partly, without allowing it to back up in the nasal passages. For an instant the Premier reeled, muttered under his breath, "A woman! Fancy, a woman...
Suddenly the electric rumor of Mussolini's will stayed Fascist hands. II Duce had retained his ice-calm resolution, even while the powder burns stung him and the extent of his injury was not known. Before his wound could be dressed, he rapped out an order: "Let nothing be done which will bring reproach to our beloved Italy. I desire that the country be not alarmed. I do not want reprisals. It is my will. . . . If dangers confront us, I will face them with all equanimity. Now go home quietly without using violence...
...simply my sister's mental derangement that made her shoot Mussolini...
...Lady Ashbourne (sister-in-law) telegraphed to Premier Mussolini from Compiegne, France...