n1utiny of the Guardia Regia at Naples, Turin, Rome, and elsewhere, except such as is circulated by the Government itself-under penalty of such 'sanctions' as the Government shall apply . . . in virtue of its plenary powers" ( ! ?) March 6. "The 'Corrie-re. is uneasy'! For any pates that may be raised there are five hundred thousand bludgeons always ready. And there are people ready for anything. And there is a Fascist militia. And, if need be, there will be good machine-guns and handgrenade~. Let the Corriere then sleep soundly .... And leave it to the Fascist State !" Popolo dJItalia. April 6. ''The patience of the leaders of Fascism has been enormous and perhaps excessive ; it cannot be allowed to go on being abused with impunity. Woe to those who are abusing it if the Fascist leaders are compelled, in the face of these foul insults, to utter the terrible historical cry, 'A noi !' 1 A word to the wise. Not before it is time!" Popolo d}Italia. * * * * * June 24. "The best reply would be the sacred cudgel ,vhich has so often punished League leaders, guilty more than any of . . drunkenness and ignorance, and. which has in no case brought injury to the nation. These scribes, on the other hand, damage the nation in the face of the foreigner, and there is unfortunately no means of silencing them unless once for all the necessary limitation of the freedom of the press is put into effect. . . . '' As for the Fascist bludgeon, nobody says that it should not and may not be called into use at any moment.'' Popolo d}Italia (dealing with an article by Prof. Guglielmo Ferrero, in the Secolo ). July 8. "Senator Albertini (i.e., Corriere della Sera), Listen to us! Senator Albertini, we have been putting 1 i.e., "Up, and at them !" 121 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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