Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-27
bh-urd to Say Pacts Cannot
Be Changed, He Tells
Fascist Chiefs.
FIERY ATTACK ON FOES
FEATURES HIS ADDRESS
Cannon Still Better Than Fine
Words, He Adds-Charges Dis
armament Sham.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, october 27.-Premier Musso-
lini in an address today called upon
the Fascist party for hardening of
policy against its foes in Italy and be-
yond her borders and predicted wholly
Fascist Europe within two decades.
He spoke in Venezia Palace to the
Fascist Council, on the eve Of the eighth
anniversary Of the Fascist march on
Rome.
The Duce said that having "un-
masked" this hypocritical Europe, which
talks peacs at Geneva and prepares
for war at home, his legionS never
antagonismA and expel their enemies
until none remain.
The premier declared that the doc
trines and IDEAS of Fascism had become
worldwide, but that the opposition
forces were centering their attack po-
Htically upon Italy. He called this
moral opposition" and asserted 1t was
but preparation for military war.
Great Show Planned.
Mussolini said that in 1892, upon the
Rome, the greatest armed gathering
Rome has seen in its 5000 years of
history" would mark that anniversary.
He declared so battalionS of Fascists,
with $4,000 young Fascists, 10000
standard bearers of 5000 combat groups
would gather in the capital and that
other great meetings would be held in
Milan, Perugia and Naples.
The Duce charged Giovanni Giuriati,
whom he recently appointed to succeed
Augusta Turati as secretary of the Fas-
cist party. with the publication" OF
Italian Fascism saying, You must be
lenient only to the Black Shirts whose
service antedates 1922; to comrades who
are ready to risk their lives for Fas-
cism, not to the heroes Of the sixth day
who have come to FaScism now that
the time of tempest Is past and who are
capable Of cutting the cord If such time
returns
While the Duce was speaking in the
palace q large crowd gathered. filling
the square and shouting for him. He
appeared on a balcony and responded
with the Roman salute.
Refers to Neighbors.
The premier. referring to the attitude
Of Italy's neighbors in the last four
years. said:
These (moral war activities) were
made against Italy well in advance of
my speeches at Leghorn, Florence and
Milan. Here (the Duce indicated docu-
ments) Is a list of batteries posted,
forts constructed and ornaments pre-
disposed and consigned. Could I fail
to sound the alarm to the Italian peo-
pie in the face of this?
Naturally, those from whom the mask
was torn will attempt to invert the
situation and represent Italy once more
as the sole peril to European peace. the
sole nation of wolves amid herds of
peaceful lambs. This game is childish
Fascist Italy is arming, relatively speak
ing, because all are arming. She will
disarm If all disarm.
Cannon Is Exalted.
"I repeat that as long as there are
cannon they will be finer than all the
fine, but often vain, words. When the
word alone will suffice to regulate re-
lations among peoples, then I will say
that the word Is divine.
Let 1t be clear, at any rate, that we
are arming ourselves materially and
spiritually to defend ourselves-not to
attack. Fascist Italy never will take
the initiative Of war.
Our very policy of revision Of
treaties, which does not date from yes
terday but was propounded from June,
1923, is directed toward avoiding war,
toward effecting the immense economy
Of avoidance of war. Revision of peace
treaties is not Of prevailingly Italian
interest. but is European and world
wide. The possibility of such revision
under the very pact of the League of
Nations is not absurd or unattainable.
The only thing absurd about it is the
pretext of immobility of treaties.
Who Is violating the pact of the
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