Rome, Oct. 29.
Those who expected Signor Benito Mussolini to deliver important addresses on the anniversary of his march on Rome seventeen years ago were sorely disappointed ioday, for the anniversary passed off without any utterances on the international situation by Il Duce.
Signor Mussolini made only two speeches throughout all the public demonstrations which he attended. In neither did he say a word on Ttalian foreign policy as such.
This fee, in itself was taken by qualified ers, as an indication that Italy had not in any way changed her policy as announced at the very outbreak of the war—a policy of strict neutrality while Italy's own interests remained unharmed, I Duce said in one speech that he claimed for Fascism "the privilege of This was taken to mean that, whatever might happen, Italy would always act in conformity with her own interests without permitting tions" to sway her in her State decisions.
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