The " Red " Dragon and the Black Shirts. By
Sir Percival Of the two greatest experiments in government that the world has yet witnessed—Fascism and Bolshevism—the one has been a series of triumphs culminating in the regeneration of Italy while the other— ? In this vividly-written pamphlet by Sir Percival Phillips we have the story of the birth, growth, and thrilling achievements of the Black Shirts. In spite of the rather obvious style—necessary, perhaps, to popular exposition—the author has caught the spirit of mediaeval romance which pervades the whole movement. And the pamphlet is just what is needed by the majority of English people who knew little of the Fascisti before their bloodless Revolution burst upOn Europe in October last.
But surely the cover of the book is not in keeping with the sentiments, and would be tabooed in Italy, where even a mauve buttonhole is glared upon with suspicion !
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