Evening star., 1933-11-12

en- from women, and Italians from
Italians, both because of the climate
and for other physical and moral con-
Siderations, there are common char
acteriSticS between us Italians which
grow stronger daily. Woman Is taking
her full share in the political, moral
and intellectual renascence of her coun-
try, chiefly contributing to all that is
highest and most sacred; the religion
of family life.
As is well known, Fascism from po-
litical viewpoint does not regard the
citizen as an individual or a cell de-
tached from the great bosom of the
state and the nation. Above all it re-
CARDS both state and nation as great
COLLECTIVELY, extending not only in space
but also in time-with a mystic, almost
liturgical and religious communion be-
tween the living and the dead, and be-
tween the living and those who are yet
to live-the future citizen.
The thought of the future, of pos
terity, is ever present in the mind of
Benito MuSsolini. I do not think that
he has ever decided an important po-
litical measure without considering
especially its effects on the future of
the race and of the nation, of Italian
civilization and Of its force of expan-
sion.
Hence the reason for the Fascist cult
for woman, not so much as an indi-
vidual but rather as the temple sacred
to the generations of the future-hence
all the regulations and laws adopted by
Fascism in favor Of women.
Moral Ideal Simple.
The Fascist moral ideal is extremely
simple; all is good that contributes to
the welfare of future generations; all
is bad that would harm the future of
the race.
The Fascist state is nothing If it is
not decidedly Topographic. The prob
lem which is involved in the Biblical
God-sent commandment, crescite ct
multiplicanium-"grow and multiply
stands at its very basis. Numbers
mean strength" is one of the Duces IA
vorite slogans. BY it he does not imply
material and mechanical strength alone,
such, for instance, as army power and
military efficiency, but also spiritual
strength, as well as wealth, prosperity,
optimism. The growth or descent Of
slant index of the general healthy or
unhealthy mode of life and tone of mind
OF nation or a people, as a barometer
activity and general state of progress
and civilization.
When the figures of natality dwindle
down to an ever lower level, he says,
there is fatal decline of vitality in the
race. which is doomed to decay. That
is perhaps the chief of the many rea-
sons why he considers with distrust and
hate the fungus growth of overlarge
cities at the expense of the country.
Children are still considered blessing
in the country, while the expensive, un-
natural life in the large towns, and the
hard working hours in industrial fac
tories make the existence of large FAM
ilies more and more problematic and
difficult
Quotes Example of Rome.
Being a great reader of history, and
especially lover of Roman history, His
Excellency Signor Mussolini most con-
vincingly quotes the example of Rome,
which closed its era of ascent when the
fields Of Italy grew poor in peasants,
absorbed by the large and luxuriant
town, which had to live at the expense
and ON the work of its ever-increasing
empire. In the town the birth rate fell,
the people grew less and less willing to
work, and. therefore, were too weakened
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