All newspapers feature what is described as "Holland's capitulation, "IL Messagero' says: "The most important development in the war is the direct threat to the heart of England following German occupation óf the wutch coast."
The "Popolo di Roma" states: "Fol-sowing the disappearance of Hollana irom the map all that remains of the Netherlands Empire is the Dutch Eas. indies. Obviously this headless body can have no more vitality. It is not impossible that the same may happen to the British Empire with Britain decapitated."
"We are in sight of that decisive historical phase which will fix the ud fortunes of our country for centuries," says the "Popolo d'Italia," the newspaper founded by Duce.
"Ihe usual band of pacific: fat and rich self-seekers, and preverte friends of Democracies are attempt-.ng to launch a campaign to unsettle he Fascist conscience, Today nobody van pretend to be ignorant of the precise directives of Fascist Italy it the European conflict. Those who continue to profess ignorance will be ireated as an enemy of whom they re potential accomplices," the paper
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