Show ITALY SWEARS EARS BLAC SHIRTS Legions Pledge Absolute Loyalty To ToI Nation I ROME April 21 The Tho The celebration celebration celebration tion today of Romes Rome's birth birth- birthday bIrthday birthday dayas day was as perhaps the tile most solemn In the tho Ion long history of the eternal 1 city Premier Mussolini promulgated promulgated gated rated a 11 d decree cree establishing April 21 as Labor day Instead of ot IlIa May MayI I 1 and thus the traditional date of the city's foundation becomes a na hoUda holiday A fe feature t of i the c ceremony remony was the administration of th the oath to the tho national militia Ze 10 Inthis this city tho premier himself re- re re reviewed viewed dewed the phalanxes DIPLOMATS HONORED The troops marched along the archaeological promenade passing the coliseum the Roman forum the arch of Constantine and the tho was wa a A tribune had been or erected for members of the diplo diplo- diplomatic diplo- diplo diplomatic diplomatic matic corps at a vantage antage point on the tho way In which Ambassador Child and his wife nife Ife had reser cea ed plAces When Premier MussolIni appeared the militia saluted by extending their right arms In the ancient Roman fashion pledgIng ab absolute loyalty to the nation And to the iron discipline of Fascism The oath was dictated by the commander of the tho Roman Homan legion who was as stationed In a balloon lIoon Pr Premier us l Mussolini Fri Friday FrI rrt- FrIday day dav night nl ht Issued an add address res to the national militia and th the on the 0 eve oe e of tho eel celebration nf 1 DEMANDS 0 iDS This This Thia review which will hate O de deep p significance said salol the prem prem- premIer premier ier ler clear to all Implies an oath of absolute fidelity to the nation n n a promise of firm and Implicit dis- dis to and ana Its us l leaders aders and an eloquent warning to tidier adver ad adversaries r- r saries Sarlos of o all kinds hInds Th There r I is no turning back What wa was undertaken n after otter prolonged d deliberation and anI martyrdom will willbe willbo willbe be achieved That Is the order of our dead For that you OU black shirts will ta take k oath today In our Invincible phalanxes tes Long Iong Ih 0 Italy Long live Fascism |