The situation in Italy is again disturbed.. All.authori- ties agree
that the Fascist regime has never recovered the prestige it lost last summer with the murder of. Signor Matteotti. There is a defensive note in Signor Mussolini's recent utterances quite different from his old arrogant confidence. More important, it is beginning to look as though the Opposition had found a leader in Signor Amendola. The Opposition seems to have suc- ceeded in uniting on a definite proposal, namely, that new elections should be held under an ad hoc Government formed for the single purpose of securing an unfettered expression of public opinion. To this Fascismo will, of course, never consent, and the future is dark and uncertain. For the moment Fascismo seems to have put itself in the wrong by having attacked, without any provocation. whatever, a procession of ex-soldiers who were holding a victory demonstration in Rome. This resulted in an anti-Fascist resolution being passed by the Combattenti Association. Thus, the gap between Fascismo and the rest of the nation is widening. • On Wednesday the Chamber met again after five months' vacation. The whole of the Opposition absented itself,
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