Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dissolution. The date for the elections has, therefore, been set for April 6 and the first meeting of the new Parliament for May 24, the latest date allowed by the Constitution. Particular interest is attached to the forthcoming elections, as under the new electoral law introduced by Premier Mussolini (TIME, May 28, et seq.), the Party obtaining a plurality of votes, not less than one quarter of the total number, will receive two-thirds of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies...
There was signed at Rome by Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, Premier Nikolai Pashitch and Foreign Minister Montchilo Nintchitch of Yugoslavia, a treaty providing for the annexation of Fiume by Italy, the annexation of Porto Barros by Yugo-Slavia and the establishment of relations of friendship between the two countries. After signing the treaty the three ministers congratulated each other and all Italy prepared to celebrate...
...which would please a majority. Ministry after ministry rose and fell, while strife and bloodshed continued throughout the nation. A communist revolution was openly spoken of. But finally a revolution did come, and a bloodless revolution it was. Instead of a Lenine at the helm, there appeared Benito Mussolini, the man of the hour. Seizure of power under the above circumstances, I am inclined to think, does not deserve to be censured. Surely a modern Cincinnatus who has had the ability to bring about the "one bright spot in Europe" must have meditated considerably before choosing his plan to take...
Professor Carver's interesting interview contained a statement concerning Mussolini which is worthy of comment. He said "If his political methods had been as sound as his economic policies, he would rank as the greatest statesman of modern times." With many others Prof. Carver shares the idea that Mussolini's power was ill-gotten"; as a matter of fact, the greater part of the American press has thought substantially along the same line. Of course it would be ridiculous for me to defend seizure of authority by force of arms as a general policy, but I believe that censure...
...intention is not to give an elaborate description of the wretched conditions in Italy before Mussolini took the wheel for a few striking instances will suffice to support my point of view. Riots robberies, assaults, and even murders were things of every day occurrence. Strikes not only of a local but also a general character, such as involved the nation's railroads and telegraph system, were so numerous that to pick up an Italian newspaper and miss a front page heading prelating thereto would be an unusual surprise. Graft existed in all departments of the government, and burdensome taxes were...