March 16, Signor Mussolini recalls past epics of European colonization in Africa by his present visit to Libya which comprises the former Tripol and Benghazi (Cyrenaica) taken from the Ottoman Empire by Holy's annexation in 1911. Her lotus tells of the founding of the Greek colony of Cyrene which from the 7th century ne. for five hundred years was one of the prosperous symbols of Greek cul-ure, although on the advent of Egyptian rule in 321 ne, its decline began. The rise of the Roman power in the neighbouring Carthage completed the fall and when, about 98 ne. Cyrenaica passed into Roman hands the beneficent influence of Greek colonization had all but disappeared. Roman gave way to Arab in the seventh century. and Arab eventually to Turk, the formal inclusion of Tripoli and Cyrenaica (Benghazi) in the Ottoman Empire being effected In 1635. Italy is therefore reviving old associations in developing her colonial Empire in Libya. Not long,
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