Evening star., 1943-09-19
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speaker sounded most like the
clustering Duce of old when he
enunciated his four point program.
This program was offered to re-
store an Italy which the speaker
said has yielded to the hardest
armistice terms known in history"
and now was thrown into a state
of chaos and despair all its
possessions thrown away with the,
stroke Of hand" So
For yielding TO these terms, the
broadcast said, the Italian King
should be Immediately "called to
account"
II am convinced" the speaker
said, that the House of Savoy
prepared and carried out the coup
d'etat together with Badoglio as an
accomplice, and all of the cowardly
generals and some treacherous
members of the Fascist Party"
The text follows:
Blackshirts! Italians! After
lengthy silence you hear my voice
again. I am sure you will recognize
1t. The voice that called often to you
IN the difficult times and which cele-
brated with you the most beautiful
days of the Fatherland.
I hesitated for some time before
appearing before you. needed some
little time of retirement before
again appearing in public. After my
isolation 1t was necessary for me to
Again make contact with the world.
The radio does not permit long
speeches. will not deal with events
but VIII begin with happenings of
July IS.
i Tells Of Capture.
The most incredible of all the ad-
ventures in my very adventurous life
happened. My conversation with the
King lasted 20 minutes or even less.
II was impossible to arrive at an
understanding. since he had already
taken his decision. The outbreak of
the crisis was impending. 1t had
happened before in war, and in
peace that minister had to resign
thAts Asgsneral was killed, 1t had
however never been learned that 3
n1an~ had served his King abso-
lutely Loyalty for more than 20 years
was arrested on the steps of the
Kings private house, was forced tc
enter Red Cross car, under the
pretext of wanting to rescue. him
from a conspiracy, and was taker
from one barracks to another a.
great speed.
I was under the impression that
this protection was actually unsafe
This impression became. stronger
still when was taken from Rome
to Ponza, and my suspicion became
a certainty when I was taken from
Ponza to the island of Maddalena
and from there to Gran Sasso. ac-
cording to. plan which provided
for my being handed over to the
enemy.
Trusted in Fuehrer.
Although cut off from the worlc
f.had sure feeling that the Fuehrel
would look after my person as q
brother more than as a eomrade
Later on the Fuehrer sent ME 6
wonderful edition of Nietzsche.
work. The word loyalty has a deer
meaning in German hearts and re.
fleets the spiritual world of the Ger.
mans. I was convinced I should ex.
perience it.
Knowing the armistice terms,
had not the least doubt as to Article
IL of these terms. A high off1cia
had told me that I was a hostage
In the night preceding September
IL, I said the enemy would not get
hold Of me alive The clear noun
tain air held mood of expectation
1t was about pm. when l saw tn,
first parachutist coming down, wh,
was followed by others, who wer,
resolved to break any resistance
My guards realized that and di,
not fire.
" Everything happened within
FirlinuteS. The liberation, the enter
,sprise was an example of the organ
ization and resolution OF the Ger
mans, which will live in history. /
N1lLh The future becoms Legendary