Rome, Jan. 5.
Foreigners and Italians who were able' to pick up the broadcast of President Roosevelt's message to Congress from the United States today expected the speech to get far more abuse than praise from the Italian press when the press receives its official instructions regarding editorial comment.
One Italian official predicted the Italian press would caustically ask who is threatening the United States and insinuate that the President is trying to justify the Administration's rearmament programme. designed for "hidden. imperialistic reasons." by. making the American public believe their homes are endangered.—United Press,
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