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...story was treated in the U. S. press like the confession of a man who publicly admits that he is going to buy a rifle and expects some day to practice on his neighbors. The real story was that Signor Mussolini spoke as might a sturdy householder who said: "There are burglars in this neighborhood and so I am going to keep a pistol under my pillow...
...became clear that Signor Mussolini's declaration was "defensive," not "offensive," in intent when once there was placed before the passage quoted another which altered, almost reversed its meaning. Correspondents did not quote this key passage in the original transmission, and it only came to light, 48 hours late, when the New York Times had the whole 9,000 word speech cabled at thrifty week-end rates...
Cuts. The Cabinet of Signor Mussolini cut freight rates by reductions varying between 12% and 25%. Postal rates were cut slightly and telephone rates by as much as 20% on certain classes of service. The carriers affected were all state owned, so a pen scratch sufficed to slash prices...
Said Director General of Antiquities Signor Arduino Colasanti, with emotion, in a speech of welcome to the King...
Impelled by Signor Mussolini, the newspapers of Rome began, last week, a concerted campaign urging men to go hatless. "A bare head is more hygienic, more comfortable, and more ROMAN," declared Italian editors, recalling that the sturdy citizens of ancient Rome went bareheaded...