New Britain herald., 1927-01-10

(This is the fifth of series of articles on his daily life and work by Benito Mussolini, as told to Thomas B. Morgan. Rome manager of the United Press. Each article in this series has been personally re- vised, corrected and approved by Premier Mussolini)
 The office of premier and espe- cially the office of 'duce," carry with them a plenitude of work out side that of the ordinary admin stration. The administrative part of the seven ministries under my di- rection can be readily systematized and arranged in such manner that the business moves with ease. For instanc, I give wide discretion ary powers 10 my subordinates, not alone that it may result in greater efficiency but that they may gain greater experience thereby and ac- quaint themselves thoroughly with the particular part of the state ma chine under their direction. There fore only the important decisions are left for me and these are rapid ly made so that neither do the un- der-secretarics take up my time nor l theirs.
 But it is outside of these admin strative functions of my office, that I find a vast amount of important and imperative work. Being pre- mier brings an abundance of neces- sary duties extra officio. which must be undertaken because of the office. Correspondence increases daily and q large part of this correspondence must have my personal attention. The audiences must be granted to numerous heads Of social, scientific and industrial organizations and to foreign personage the office of pre- mier carrying with it boundcn duty for these efforts. Besides, in ihe ordinary procedure of Italian affairs. the premier must occasion ally be present at the opening of cx- positions. the inauguration of monu- monts. the welcoming of foreign delegates 10 international meetings, inc opening of new public works Of every description and make regular official visits to the various regions of Italy.
 Tremendous Mail
 This imperative part of the office of premier occupies quite one-half of the available time. The admini- stration of the seven ministries comes first in the duty of the pre- mier. then he must so expedite the affair. of government that he can devote tho rest of the time to his private correspondence not Of an official character and to the extra official duties which devolve upon him as the incumbent of the office.
 My unofficial correspondence has reached tremendous proportions. It is necessary to assign several specal secretaries to take care of it. Hun- dreds Of letters pour into my office every day. These have to be exam ined and classified. A corps of translators must also work on them as the biggest part of them come in from parts outside Italy in foreign languages. l do not think that there Is one single locality in the world from which I have not receiv- ed some letter. or card or some little souvenir. I have my secretaries read these letters and bring me a con- densed version of each of them.
 Just the other day. a letter ar rived all the way from Siberia en- closing poem written by an ad- mirer of fascism. Another one came from Honolulu, others from Arabia, Japan. Australia. Persia, India. A Japanese publishing house sent me a copy of a book on fas- cism, written in Japanese.
 My mail contains the most fantas- lie curiosities. Clairvoyants are ex- tremely mindful Of my future and so are students of the horoscope. I lilieto read their forecasts and some- times their admonitions. Long life is usually promised me and in such abundance,-attempted assassina- tions notwithstanding I can readily forego fiften or twenty years on their prophecies. Some say ] will live 10 be an octogenarian.
 l received very interesting let fer from an English medium. This medium told of having conversed with my mother and of how the spirit of my mother was constantly lowering over me and protecting me from all danger. A photograph also was enclosed, which showed the me dium in the act of communicating with the spirit world while at her side was q phantom which the medium claimed was that of my mother.
 l receive many requests from Rus sians, of old imperial Russia. They hail me as the savior of monarchy in Europe and invoke my aid to re- store the Russian imperial family Poetry comes to me from all over the world--the Arabs sing to me in Oriental jingle. Hindus send their stanzas coucher in the imagery Of ons their prose and blank verse. Japanese and Chinese send flowery couched in the imagery of the the Orient.
 Gifts, too. pour in. l cannot be- gin to enumerate the variety of pres ents which come to be.--strange ami mals from the ends of the earth parrots from South America, lions from Africa, horses from Arabia, books and manuscripts from every where. l delight in the receipt of them and in the spirit back of them. Several large rooms are full of things which individuals of every race have showercd upon me, as mark of esteem. And all this, both the correspondence and the gifts, needs special attention. My secre- taries are kept busy the day long the answers I have die tated for them.
 Audiences
 And then. important audiences plunge me into t daily routine,