The Archive · 1940

War Fever Spreads in Italy

Rome, May 27.

War fever in Italy reached a new high yesterday as two million Italian soldiers were told that "the hour draws near" for Italian action in the Mediterranean.

Sig. Virginia Gayda, editor of the "Giornale d'Italia," boasted in his newspaper that even by staying outside the European War, Italy was joreing the Allies to' concentrate 1,200,000 troops along the Italian frontier.

The Italian press began a campaign yesterday alleging that France was is treating Italians throughout Tun-asia. Control of Tunisia, it was recalled is one of Italy's demands on the Allied Powers.—United Press.

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