M. Stalin Is Secret Fascist, Killing Off Communists Rome, Mar. 6.
Commenting on the latest purge in the Soviet Union, the "Giornale d'Italiá" to-day attacked other countries and "personalities, including President Roosevelt, "who still admit they believe in' the Bolshevist regime."
Pointing out that all 21 defendants in the Moscow trial had confessed, the paper said "some even invented imaginary crimes to be more sure of facing the firing squad."
"We dare to forward what may seem a most absurd hypothesis, namely, that M. Stalin, in the face of a severe crisis, has secretly be-core a Fascist."
M. Stalin, the paper said, was disposing of Communist leaders "who are so stupidly criminal that mey still believe in Communism."—United Press,
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