His Italian Visit and Impressions: "Noffe Dare to Speak"
Demand by London Mass Meeting: Stolen Gold Used Against Fascism to Encourage Chaos No one who has been brought into contact with the gracious and Deautiful personality, of Rabindeanath Tagore, oF who has entered into the spirit of his] teaching, would easily believe the reports—which he has now! Aisposed of—that he returned from Italy an admirer of Fascism. We is just now in London on his way to Germany, where hig writings are very widely read, Seated in the corner of @ couch, the post, whose fine head over the flowing Drown garments fulfils one's idea! of what the head of a poet should be, talked in his gentle and reasonable way of his visit to Italy. He spoke of his anxiety to keep the students in his university in touch with the thought of the West. "The resent moment in India," he said, "ig not favourable for this propaganda of mine. They want to repudiate everything Western, but I find feeling is changing, and I hope tha: our movement will be more acknow-edged in, India before long." Tagore went! on to speak of the valuable gift of Italian books which Mussolini made to his university' recently, He was very grateful for it, for many of his students are studying Italian literature under that great teacher Professor Tucci, He wants his students to be in touch with all European literature. Valuable gifts of books have been trade also by the French Government and from Germany, where a fund was raised to celebrate his Dirthday in this way.
Cagore went on to that when he went to Italy this year his desire was to remain neutral, and to form the incriminating reports which have! come to us about European countries. All the Governments have thely propaganda of misrepresentation. My Italian friends assured me that' Fascism had saved Italy from ruin and that things are not so bad as they have been described. While I wanted to romain neutral T could see that it was dificult. Freedom of expression ly repressed in Italy. T never met single individual in Tealy who dared to speak a word against Fascism, My tour was officially arranged, and 1 was only taken to places where it was thought! it would be safe. Even if T had had freedom I do not think I would Have met many individuals who would have been cottragcous enouigi to speak against Fascism. They wore all unanimous in praise. of iam avid Mussolini, not only the but the English. 1 found, istanee, that our Ambassador Righiy admires Mussolini and_his doings, and was quite sure that 'Mussolini was the one man who could have saved Italy f Bankruptey and disorganization.'
The "Temperament for Self
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