Milan, May 19.
"This Italy (which took part in the Ethiopian and Spanish campaigns) cannot remain a stranger in European affairs, in which Rome must and will have its say," the Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, told Blackshirt demonstrators in the Cathedral Square.
"When Il Duce decides, the order will come to us instantly, It will come from him who is our only leader in peace and in war. The new duties to which the Italian people way be called are dictated by the defence of Italy's sovereign state interests, by the need finally to realize her aspirations which are natural because they are equitable and indispensable to the life of the country, by the determination to maintain her prestige as a great power and to remain loyal to ner engagements and her destiny," Count Ciano concluded.—Havas, Towns Near France Blacked Out Rome, May 20, For the first time since the start of the European war, air-raid, precautions have been ordered in northern Italy. As Fascist leaders hinted that German successes on the Western Front were drawing Italy to the brink of war, an announcement stated that blackouts and air-raid defence precautions would begin today in important industrial areas in Milan and towns close to the French frontier.—Reuter.
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