17 JANUARY 1925, Page 2

Politically the situation is unchanged. The Opposition has shown no

tendency to be willing to come down to the Chamber, and the deadlock is complete. Meanwhile Signor Mussolini has apparently had second thoughts on his new Electoral Law, and it is proposed to introduce an elaborate system of plural voting. This apparently means that the election will in any case be postponed till next autumn, and possibly till next: year. No-date has been fixed for the trial of those implicated in the Matteotti crime.

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