Milford chronicle., 1929-04-26

NJ. Davis left for Cape May, N. j..
Monday.
The senior class of the Selbyville
High School, chaperoned by Mrs. Ell
bert Lynch, left Tuesday morning or
trip to Washington, D. C.
The pupils of the 4th, 5th and 9Th
grades are observing Delaware Ar
Dor Day today by giving suitable
Arbor Day programs in their rooms
and by planting shrubbery and trees
near their building.
Two reels of educational motion
pictures were shown to all the pu-
pills of the Selbyville schools. They
depicted the story of "Mussolini, the
Iron Man of Italy"
Italy has had her kings, decemviri
consuls, trimonvirate and emperors
but Mussolini is the Dictator who
has put the 81" in Italy. No man
within a given circumscribed area
has had so much power, in the pages
of history. At present his political
leg fills the geographical boot" OF
Italy and he is in or wants to be in
a position, after his organizations
are completed, to kick out in any
direction from this central peninsula
appended from the Middle Southern
part of Europe.
Mussolini's power is complete. He
can tell manufacturer how many
hours a day to work and what wages
to pay; he can suppress free speech
and has muzzled papers opposed to
his policies; no secret societies whe-
ther Masons or Knights of Columbus
are permitted to meet; railroads and
telephone prices are fixed at his
pleasure. There are no idlers allow
ed. So strongly has the domineering
personality of this man insinuated
itself into all phases of business and
social life that the Iron Man" has
the iron grip and has become the
complete Dictator, by a paradox,
since the World War which was
fought to eliminate the possibility of
the Kaiser becoming a world ruler.
Yet here is a dynamic power that
has remodeled the army, navy and
business of the country that may
lead to a second empire spring1ng
from the Eternal City" Yet this
possibility is remote as Italy's forces
cannot advance to the north because
of the Alps where the Austrians can
close the Brenner Pass. She could
do little with her navy as the pen
insula could be blocked on all sides
by hostile navy.
However, with a good array of air
ships and submarines she might
gain control of the Mediterranean.
Italy contains 117,0O0 square
miles and has a population of &c.
900, 900. She owns Tripoli or Libia, a
large state in northern Africa, near
the ancient city of Carthage. Car
thage directed three Punic Wars
against Rome and in the second the
army of Hannibal remained II years
in Italy without defeat, 218-201 B.
C. Italy now has land almost in
straight line on the north and south
shores of the Mediterranean-can
these positions mean anything?
Mussolini represents strength and
has made two clever moves to unite
the powers in Italy; one when he
insisted that $4,000 youth of Italy,
who had become members of the
attend the State Schools
and not the Parochial-this pleased
the State; the second clever action
was when he returned the lands of
the Holy See to the Vatican-this
pleased the Church. Since the war
of 1871 when the army of the State
defeated the army of the Church, the
Pope had remained in the Vatican
and had not set foot upon Temporal
soil. Napoleon smashed the Holy
Roman Empire at the Battle of Aus
terlitz-the Empire had begun with
in 800 and lasted 1000
years. The few acres remaining in
Italy were wrested away in 1871 but
were recently restored by Mussolini.
Caesar, Charlemagne, Octavius
and Napoleon have all been supreme.
The Caesars ruled the civilized
world; Napoleon was absolute in
Continental Europe. According to
Heine he could have destroyed Prus-
sia or the Priesthood of Europe with
one wave of the hand. He preserved
Prussia to act as buffer state to
keep Russia in check this insignifi-
cent country later rose to conquer
nearly all Europe. The contempt for
the church helped cause his down.
fall.
Mussolini is a unique ruler; he
has met with success so far. Oliver |
Cromwell ruled over rigidly from |
1649-1668 in England. His rule was
so severe that the English people |
tired of it and clamored for change
and allowed the weakened Stuarts |
to return until William of Orange
came to the throne.
The Fasvesti is a black-shirt Sc