Evening star., 1930-12-13
= OLOGNE GAzETTE.-At his
latest visit TO Mailand, Signor
Mussolini received a delegation
of foreign journalists in the

~ OF foreign journalists in the
sorting TOM of the general
post ofdce. Slgnor Mussolini spoke
briefly, but x is understood that his
views in rIgard to foreign newspapers
and eGNors were expressed more
elaborNely in an address delivered by
SigTIr Ferretti his chief of the press
bC<eau.
Signor Ferretti said in part that the
attacks to which FaBeiSm in Italy has
been subjected by the newspapers of
most other lands are but an indication
Of the strength and worthiness of the
regime. Were Fascism a feeble, defec-
tive and failing project, there would be
no longer any occasion for continued
hostility to 1t. Private and selfish
interests are afraid to acknowledge the
merit of the system, lest it soon be
adopted in their own lands, to the detri-
ment of their personal monopolies.
However, Signor Musselini asks no
favors and expects none, and believes
that even q malicious reporting Of con-
ditions in Italy is better than silence;
for in time no credence will be placed
in any of the criticisms published
abroad, and other nations will begin to
question the accuracy Of what they
hear, and thus patience will result In
the dissemination Of the truth. 1t is
regrettable, nevertheless, that the ben
efits of Fascism must be retarded by
such partial and enviouS attitude.
Drivers Claim Change Of
Tires Causes Taximeter Discrepancy.
impartial, Montevideo-That many
Of the taximeters of cabs operating in
this city have been tampered with has
long been a suspicion entertained by
people using these vehicles. When they
consider they have travelled about enc
kilometer, the register records q dis
tance of one and a half or two. Com
plants made to the Department Of
Weights and Measures have led to the
inspection Of the taximeters on two
public cabs. In both instances the in
dicator on the vehicles showed q wide
divergence from the extent of tine actual
distance travelled when compared with
the master cyclometer on the depart
ment's car.
The drivers claim that a recent
change to undersize tires accounts for
the discrepancy, but this explanation
is not supported by the facts. In any
event, any change in the tires or wheels
should require a readjustment Of the
apparatus, and it Is presumed that al
terations have been made of the dis
tance actually covered.
The indicators are now to be checked
on all these vehicles to prevent any
further exploiting Of cab patrons.
Woman Students at
Oxford Held "Unfiedged"
Isis, Oxford.-If our woman students
come to oxford purely to educate them
selves, they would do much better In
this respect elsewhere, particularly In
schools intended primarily for them. In
general it must be admitted by any i'm
partial observer that woman students
at Oxford are unseemly and undignifled
in behavior, and whct might be called
''unhedged." In the streets they ride
bicycles with truly shocking display
OF black worsted. Matthew Arnold
never envisaged oxford as a home OF
lost hairpins and impossible hats. The
day for action has passed, at least, in SO
far as this university Is concerned. Pro-
tagonists in co-education can no longer
hope for the success of their cause
when the results up to this time have
been SO Indifferent. Not the greatest
leader in history could now make such
an educational system operate salts
factortly.
Financial Check
VA hANsPASoA AShCheS OABCAs
II Mercurio, Santiago.-The Depart
ment of Public Assistance has two dis
tinct classes Of service-one absolutely
| gratuitous and the other payable. al
least in part, OF late years IL has been
noticed that the free services are be-
coming more and more. In demand in
| Santiago while efforts to pay for the
| invaluable treatment rendered In the
various clinics and hospitals are be-
coming much less noticeable than
| formerly.
When people are poor and sick it Il
only right that the general public shoul
beal the expense of making it possible
for them to earn their living. Other.
| wise 1t may be necessary to support
these persons indefinitely on public
] charity. But where others who have
funds avail themselves of medical at.
tention and other benefits, even to tha
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