their issue in the hope of things improving. 1 With the disappearance of· the danger of illegal direct action on· the part of Fascism, its opponents have raised their heads again and are pursuing an intensified campaign of subornation. . . The Fascist Government is bound to intervene, either• in prevention or in swift punishment. . . 1'he Council unanimously delegates to three 11inisters the task of proposing the measures to be adopted." Council of Ministers (official communique). July 12. ''The Council of Ministers has approved the decree concerning the press, under ,vhich the Prefect of the Province is authorised to warn and in due course to suspend a newspaper which by means of false or tendencious statements embarrasses the diolomatic action of the Government, or damages the national credit at home or abroad, or raises an unjustified alarn1 among the population., or in any manner whatever disturbs public order ; . . if it incites to hatred or disobedience to the law, or disturbs the discipline of those employed in a public service . . " Council of l\f inisters (official communique). July 16. "H.M. the King has signed the decree concerning new press regulations. The decree is therefore in the hands of the Prime Minister, who will use his discretion as to issuing it at an opportune moment.'' Official communique. November, 1922 (Genoa). The daily Il Lavorn ("Labour") only allowed to resume publication on condition of discharging its editor, the Deputy Canepa, and its news editor, Signor Ansaldo. November 27, Portoferraio (Leghorn). Fascists attack a Catholic named Imparato, one of the staff of the journal La Difesa (" Defence"). 1 These regulations were at length issued 'by Signor Mussolini when things had so improved that the author of this pamphlet had been murdered.-Trans. 123 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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