Rome, May 14. 'HERE were student demonstrations against Allied contraband control in many towns today, according to the Stefani Agency. In Rome, many thousands of students marched through the streets and gathered at the Piazza Venezia, where they shouted for Il Duce, who appeared on the balcony. Students also gathered before the Royal Palace demonstrating loyalty to the House of Savoy, Il Duce, the army and navy.
As a precautionary measure, some additional police guards have been placed outside the British and French Embassies and the British Consulate. Indignation against sellers and buyers of the Vatican newspaper "Osservatore Romano" is stated to be increasing. Commenting on "the heroic attitude of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg in the face of German aggression, the "Osservatore Romano" say: "The total war launched by Germany has clearly revealed itself as a pitiless ar of extermination which being conducted in defiance of the làws of war."
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