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Show After Him, What? "After Mussolini, what?" the foreign press is asking, as the dictator puts a little bit more radicalism on top of what he already has. Of course, nobody has a reliable answer to the question; but, certain facts are indisputable. Mussolini has stamped out popular government, freedom of press and speech and the In lividual initiative in business life. On the other hand, he has stimulated industry, largely restored financial capacity capac-ity and put the Italian people on the road to general prosperity. pros-perity. After Mussolini, a test as to whether a people will submit to p. policy which indicates prosperity, at the cost of personal liberty and rights, It is a test very likely to produce much bloodshed. Principle, or fat purse? The King of Italy has made his choice, anyway. |
