Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-14
MUSSOL|N| REVIEWS
! FASC|SM BEFORE
PARTY ASSEMBLY
Recounts Land Reclamation
and Dwells on Relations
of Church and State.
MINIMIZES DIFFERENCES
OF ROME AND VATICAN
Views Appear to Conflict With
Previously Expressed Opinion
of Pope Plus.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, September lion the NOR
row of sweeping reorganization of the
Fascist ministry, with the relinquish-
ment by the duce of all but one of his
cabinet posts, Premier Benito Musso-
lini today reviewed the work done by
the Fascist government in an address
to the grand assembly Of the party in
the Venezia Palace.
About him sat the great leaders of
FaSciSm and in front Of him was the
upper hierarchy Of the party.
The duce, after recounting the gov
ernment's achievements and its plans
for land reclamation on vast scale.
dwelt at length on the relations between
church and state. Before going on to
take up the intriguing question Of the
reorganization Of the ministry.
He minimized the Importance OF GER
tain differences of views between Rome
and the Vatican. saying that the new
rules established by the Lateran treaties
were working well. But he emphasized
the point that the change in name OF
the Ministry Of Public Instruction to
the Ministry of National Education, was
intended to confirm in the most explicit
manner the principle that the state
alone has not only the right, but the
duty, to educate people instead OF mere
ly instructing them.
Views Appear to Conflict.
His views appeared to be somewhat
in conflict with the previously expressed
opinion Of Pope Plus.
Speaking of the recent reorganization
of the cabinet, the duce said the new
administration bears still more the
Fascist imnrint which, however, did not
mean that the dictatorship did not per-
NIT criticism.
What is forbidden, he emphasized. Is
attack on what are the fundamental
principles of the Fascist revolution.
Otherwise criticism was helpful.
He read letter from Secretary Gen.
eral Turati in which this prominent
party leader expressed desire 10 re-
turn among the rank and nle, naVne
completed term OF three years III
office.
"This letter, of perfect Fascist style,
have answered today, ordering Turatl
to remain at his post and continue ms
Duce Denies Suppression.
while denying the reported suppress.
sion of the Fascist party as pohtieai
unit, the Duce announced that the
party was becoming an organ OF tne
state. The secretary of the party VIII
henceforth be appointed by royal de-
cree and the federal secretaries by oe-
crees of the premier.
The Duce stated further tnat, on
September z, 1929, the strength of the
Fascist party in Italy was 100000
registered male members, 93,495 women
and thousands of Italian youths organ
ized in groups of boys and girls.
THE Fascist regime gathers under
its nag an enormous number OF tai
ians who count for something. Italy
has never witnessed before such pro-
found moral unity"
The composition of the Fascist Grand
Council was to be modified, Musso1ni
saying that, with the present 81 mem
bers, 1t was impossible to discuss or de.
eide anything In secret. the general
staff of the party would be reduced to
The Duce concluded by saying that
the famous motto "of the three words
of 1889 was already beginning to weaken
across the Alps" namely, liberty, equan-
ty and fraternity, watchwords Of the
French Revolution. The three words as
motto for the Fascist regime were be-
coming a reality, namely, authority,
order and justice.
Not ReactiOnary.
"Are we reactionary?" the Fascist
leader declared.
mo; we are the precursor, the antici-
pators and the realizers of new form
Of political and social life which has
been tried under different forms In
Countries which represent the now OBJ
solete ideals of the last century.
"Fiascism is unique and the only new
thing that the first 80 years OF this
century have seen in the political as
well as the social field"
He announced that the Fascist land
reclamation scheme would redeem 81
zoe, 900 acres, with an expenditure OF
1900, 10000 lire and representing an
effort of which italy was proud.
Irrigation work to the extent OF 374,-
00O, 600 lire would be undertaken. The
general Fascist scheme Of public works,
he said, had already reduced the un-
employment figures more than hall,
from 789, 900 to 201 900.