21 JUNE 1924, Page 1
Obviously Signor Mussolini will have to purge the Administration in
order to restore confidence. By ruling through Parliament he has begun to bring his country round a difficult curve back to a system of government in which constitutional forms shall count for more than a single personality. Even those who most dislike Fascism must wish him success in this. It is a crucial time. All we can say at present is that Signor Mussolini's evident desire to dissociate himself from assassination and violence is helping him. But he has a difficult task ; he is pulled one way by the extremists and the other way by the Dissidents within his own party.
