10 JANUARY 1925, Page 2

Meanwhile the suppression of newspapers goes on. Every newspaper that

dares to appear with candid criticism of the Government is seized. For the time being the Duce is undoubtedly successful. His opponents are not only powerless but are divided among them-. selves. Signor Salandra cannot control his few followers, and the voluntary exiles on the Aventine are also in two camps, one of which wishes to return to the Legis- lature. Signor Mussolini promised that the situation would be cleared within forty-eight hours of his speech. All that is clear is that force is now in the ascendant. The Saviour of Italy has returned to his original method, and in a country which has once tasted constitutionalism that, of course, cannot last.