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! the opposition has been active. espe-
! cially since the kidnapping and assa q.
! sination Of the anita scist Deputy
Matteotti. in June. 1924.
| Early last November a plot against
! the premier was uncovered. Tito
! %anihoni. former socialist deputy.
| was arrested in hotel room adioin-
/ ing the Chigi Palace. on the balcony
q. nj which Mussolini was tn deliver a
speech. The authorities declared he
! was equipped with a rife with tele-
! scopic sights and intended to shoot
the premier from the window Of his
room Zanihoni and others arrested
at the time still are awaiting trial.
! Mussoiini is no stra niger to wounds.
| In February. 1917. while serving on
! the Austrian front. he received the
! ma ior portion Of the charge Of a
hand grenade. N;netyeight wounds
| were counted on his body. and he was
| invalided home. returning to the ed
itorship of his newspa per, the Popolo
D'Italia.
He orga nized the Fascist party at
! Milan in March. 1919. with ~ group
Of Young war veterans as the nucleus.
| He entered Rome at the head of the
! Fascist forces on October 81, 1922 and
has been in power since.
Was Going 10 Tripoli.
| Mussolini was in the midst Of rrep-
arations for voyage to Tripoli. the
largest Italian colony. He was to
start tomorrow on the dYeadnaught
| Conte di Cavour, accompanied by a
J formidable naval squadron. The trip
/ was hailed by the Fascist press as
sign Of the naval and colonial resur'
rection of Italy.
! On his program for today was the
! induction into Office of the new di'
! rectorate of the Fascist party. headed
! hv Augusta Turati who succeeds
! Roberto Farinacci. Turati's appoint
ment has been hailed as an indica
! tion of a decision by Mussolini that
! F'ascism's militant and destructive
role. as personified by Farinacci, has
ended, and that it's constructive role
| has begun.
After her arrest, the woman who
made the attempt replied to the first
| questions in an unintelligible manner
| speaking in English. 1t was brought
| out, however that she Is named Vic
! let Albina Gibson. daughter of the
late Edward Gibson and Frances Col
! les Gibson. She was born at Dalkey
Isla nd, Dublin, Irela nd. in 1876.
| 1t was learned too. on February q.
| 1925, while she was living In family
| hotel in Rome. Miss Gibson tried to
! commit suicide by shooting herself
| in the breast with revolver. At that
| time at her request a Protastan mt min.
| lister was called, to whom she said
that she had attempted to kill herself
"for the glory of God" She was then
| taken to a hospital where she was
kept under observation for some time
/ The Honorable Violet Albina Gibson
| is the Younger sister. of the present
! Baron Ashbourne. who succeeded t.
J the title in 1913 on the death Of his
| father. Her older sister is Baroness
| Bolton. and younger sister is the
| wife of Alexander Horsbrugh- Porter.
! younger brother of Sir John Scott
| Horsbrugh- Porter. senior clerk of the
House of Commons.
! Miss Gibson was born at Dalkey Is
| md, Dublin. Ireland. in 1876. Her
mother. Baroness Ashbourne who was
| Miss Frances COLES. is still living.
AMENDOI.A. ENEMY. Is DEAD.
PARIS, April tA0.-Le Matin
SAYS Giovanni Amendola, leader of
| the Aventine opposition in the Italian