Signor Benito Mussolini, aecompanied by Marshal Pietro Badoglio, leader of the italian Expeditionary Forees in Ethiopia, and Signor Achille Starace, secretory of the Fascist Party, arrived here by molar cur to-day and spoke for seventeen minutes, closing the manceuvres of the Ialian army which have been held during the last week, "this gathering is a powerful, but only modest, fraction of the men ana means that Italy can now count upon," Il Duce said. "t invite Italians {to understand this, that never before have Italy's forees been 50. strong. Despite and because of the Ethiopian campaign, Italy can, in a few hours, mobilize 8,000,000 men, '"Tosmorrow in the Valley of Volturara, more than 60,000 men, 200 tanks,' 4,000 cannon and "3,000 machine-guns will ile before King Vielor Emmanuel 1, The king witt see a block of men whom fourteen years of Fascism has tempered and made hard, Tialy's peace, domestic and foreign, has been well guarded, and with our own peace is guarded the peace of the world. An armaments race cannot now be checked." Signor Mussolini deplored the "dubious political combinations" which armaments races and disarmament conferences have engendered, Duce also praised Italy's "ust war with Ethiopia, "Italy" is now able to work for several decades in Ethiopia, Our empire was not born on the green tables of diplomacy, but from five victorious battles fought with a spirit which defeated all physical difficulties and an almost Have all accounts been settted?" shouted the Premier, The crowd Fesponded, "No!
'The crowd roared, OMeers of the' Italian army one nounced to-day that the manaruvres had been carried out with the use of ive shells, but that they had been juecessful,"and that none had been hurt, "Last year, one' person was killed and several Injured when live shells were first introduced into the maneouvres—United Pre
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