Evening star., 1926-09-12
MUSSOL|N| WARNS
ALLNAn|ONS PLOTS
ON LIFE MUST END
Premier's Speech, After Fu-
tile Bomb Attack, Plainly
Aimed at France.
100000 CHEER DEMAND
FOES ABROAD BE CURBED
Message Sent to Americans Con-
tains Assurance No Peril Will
Change His Course.

Americans and the Italians of Amer
lea, that neither pistols. bombs nor
other instruments of death can make
me desist from my course" Premier
Mussolini declared tonight to the AS
sociated Press correspondent, whom
he received in his private Office in
Chigi Palace.
This is the third attempt against
me in the space of several months,
hut. like the others, this one has not
disturbed me in the slightest. l con
slider myself soldier who has spe-
cific orders and who is ready TO con
front any risk. My duties impose
upon me the task of working with all
my energy for the we'll being OF the
Italian people"
Alludlng to the pronouncement
made in his speech this evening that
capital punishment would be reinsti-
tuted if necessary, Mussolini declared,
While the great throng under his
windows continued to shout Long
live the duce,'
Premier i'm Cordial Mood.
The grave measures of which I
spoke to the Roman multitude are
not for myself, but for the Italian
people, which must not be forced
every once in a while to see it's mag
nificent activity disturbed"
The premier was in exceptionally,
cordial mood. coming forward from
his desk in the huge office to greet
the correspondent. who was accom-
panied by the Marquis Pauiucci.
Speaking in perfect English he
jokingly asked whether there had
been enough copy" to send to Amer
ica today, and when the attempt
against his life was referred to the
premier smiled and shrugged his
shoulders. as if TO say "it is nothing"
Sees Fascism Cnbreakable.
general statement issued this
evening by Mussolini to the foreign
press says: This attempt, like the
preceding ones, left me perfectly calm.
A few moments after the explosion of
the bomb l was at my working desk
tnparting necessary instructions
classes has been great. but order is
undisturbed.
The nation gathers around FaScism
as an unbreak BILE bloc which has
never stopped even for moment the
rhythm of its vigorous activity.
Tell foreigners who take an in
terest in me and all Italians abroad
that bombs explode, but Mussolini
TRANQUILITY remains at his post facing
any danger because this is his precise
duty"
Warns Against New Plots.
4 bomb flung at Premier MusSolini
this morning by an Italian anarchist,
who had sneaktd back into the coun-
Try from France to kill him. failed to
reach it's mark. but has caused rela-
tiOnS Of Fascist Italy and republican
France TO be more tense tonight than
on any day since the Black Shirts en-
tered Rome III October, 1922.
Saved from death by the alertness
of the chauffeur who stepped OH the
gas when he felt the bomb strike the
motor car. the supreme chief of F'as
cism this evening faced a mob Of a
hundred thousand cheering patriots
and announced that Italy would de-
mand that plots against her peace
fomented on French soil must be
stopped at once.
This must end" shouted ii Duce to
an immense gathering in Colonna
Square tonight. We must put an
end to gentle tolerance of parties
xpllpable in these matters. 1t would he
we'll for responsible governments to
Rake note of this. because otherwise
their friendship With the Italian peo-
pie may be fatally compromised. Ana
we are ready To apply suitable
methods for this purpose"
Believed He Meant France.
Premier Mussolini used the words
governments in the plural and did not
refer by name to his neighbor across
the Alps. but it was crystaly clear he
meant France.
The third attempt within this year
10 murder the Fascist dictator was a
dramatic affair of but a few seconds.
AS the premier was riding in his
closed limousine from his home in
Villa Tortolonia TO the government
offices in Chigi Palace. Ermete Clio
Vann!ni % wears old. a marble cutter.
stepped from a recess and hurled the
bomb. The bomb crashed the glass
at Mussolini'S side and fell not in the
car but back on the running board
and then rolled TO the ground. The
chaffeur. scenting danger. although
he had not seen the assailant, in
creased his speed When the bomb
exploded with a terrific detonation
the car was many yards away ana
was barely scratched by the flying
pieces of the bomb.
MuSsolini escaped without a wound.
but eight people in the street lay
bleeding from superficial wounds
Giovannini was captured immediately.
the police being on hand quickly
enough 10 save him from the Nenge-
Rnce Of the crowd.
Assailant Is Young Man.
Giovannini is a pale. tense faced
foung man with burning eyes and
1hick. long hair. He claims To be an
anarchist of an individualist type and
20 have alone conceived and carried
out the plot
The Young man is thin and "a
medium height. quiet IN demeanOr,
dressed in a modest but neat brown
suit.
When first questioned by the police
he would not talk but several hours
Of grilling broke down his reserve and
he cried, I'm tired. Wait bit and
I'll tell you everything
Then followed his confession. Clio
vannini said he was born in 1900 in
the town OF Castelnuovo di Garfag-
mana in a district of north Italy,
where he early went TO work in the
marble Quarries. He was called to
the colols IN the latter days OF the
war and thereafter became an adher-
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