The semi-official Vatican daily, "Osservatory Romano," publishes a statement that "the Pope has addressed a greeting to the British Ministers and has expressed pleasure at their visit. His Holiness is particularly interested in having news of the British Royal family, and has good wishes for their ity and for that of the great British Empire in which live so many Catholics.
"The course of the conversation on several points regarding relations between the Holy See and Great Britain," the "Osservatore Romano" concludes, "has come up for discussion, andthe good and happy relations et "present existing between Great Britain and the Holy See are noted with satisfaction."
"We spit in the face of all citizens the cowardly French Republic," the Fascist newspaper, "Revere,"
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El E. " very to Italy the safety of eir territory during the World War."
"Revere" declared that the "French Army were beaten during the first 29 months of the war and were already accustomed to show only the seats of their pants for German boots to kick."
It asserted that France's famous en Bonaparte was an Italian and it declared that France in the time of the "Little Corporal" was "an Italian' Colonal."
"Gallic Cock a Prudent Capon"
Referring to "calumnies against Mahan valour," the newspaper pointed Out that there are "Italian war dead buried in vile French soil at Bligny." With raging violence, "Revere" continued, "We spit in the face of France because of the nonsensical stupidity of the fable about the Gallic cock not being frightened of the Roman wolf. This cock has become an arteriosclerotic and prudent capon whose 7 joints alone are still hard.
"The French poultry-yard is gradually becoming a rabbit kennel."
The news organ concludes, "This is our last reason for spitting on the ugly face of this vile and stinking bird. And that is enough, because all in all, Italian spit is worth more than the French citizen who is spat upon, The Third French Republic does not deserve much Italian spit!""—Havas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.