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strong enough to defend the coun-
try without italian support, and
railway lines linking Germany with
Italy have been so shattered by
Allied air attacks that immediate
heavy reinforcements were consid-
cred hardly possible.
Badoglio's proclamation that the
war continues" caused some specu-
iation here, but the British press
took the view there was very lit
tie else he could say at the time.
Official comment was not imme-
diately forthcoming but Prime Min
ister Churchill, who has aimed some
OF his best barbs at II Duce and
referred to him at various times as
"tattered lackey," whipped jackal,"
"hyena," "pinchbeck Caesar" and
'Mussolini flop" worked at his desk
until early this morning and the
activity at Whitehall was greater
than had been noted in a long time.
London newspapers took the view
that Mussolini's fate should not
alter the immediate Allied plans and
that Italy should be hit hard reg
ularly until she accepts the only
terms President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill have said would
be settled on-unconditional sur
render.
All Called Equally Guilty.
"Badoglio says. The war con-
tinues, said the London Telegraph.
so be it. He will find that the
Italians will not fight more readily
for the King and himself than they
cid for MusSolini, because in both
cases they will be fighting for Ger
many alone and they know it"
The King and BadogEo are
equally guilty with Mussolini if
they carry on the war, the Tele-
graph declared, and added: There
fore Allied sentiment toward the
new military government can be no
more tender than toward the old
Fascist government.
Vernon Bartlett, member of Par
lament, writing in the News
Chronicle, asserted:
The resignation or dismissal of
Mussolini is in all probability
intended to be the prelude to peace
negotiations =. 1t has been ex-
pected for many months that Mar
shall Badogua would be used when
the time came TO negotiate surren-
der"
Bartlett added: 1T was natural
enough that the new premier should
assert in his proclama ton that the
war continues" 1t is possible, ne
wrote, that despite the Casabanca
unconditional surrender declaration
the new government might hope
that surrender need not be uncon-
ditional.'
Only one newspaper writer ex.
pressed suspicion at II Duces custer.
Petain's Proclama tion Recalled.
G. Giglio, former Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily Herald,
warned that "Mussolini may have
resigned at the suggestion of Hitler
to stop the disintegration of Italian
armed forces which no longer were
obeying their orders"
Swiss dispatches to London,
which expressed the belief that
1ldly WoullQ De out OF tne war within
few weeks, noted the similarity
in tone between the Italian procla-
nations and those issued by Mar
shal Petain shortly before the fall
of France.
Allied broadcasts kept drumming
home to the Italians today that
they must rid the country of more
than Mussolini, and the Algiers
radio. in a broadcast recorded by
the Associated Press, warned that
'it is necessary that al ltraces of
the Fascist regime disappear from
Italy. A change of names is not
enough. In order to bring Italy
back to life and the world back to
peace something more than a pal
ace maneuver or a coup etat is
necessary. A real revolution is
necessary"
The British Broadcasting Corp,
IN an italian broadcast, called on
the Italians to break all ties with
the Germans.