THE COMMITTEE FOR CORRECT REPORTS UPON ITALIAN AFFAIRS
[To the Tditor of the SPECTATOR.] .
SIR,—WC, the undersigned members of the British Colony in Florence, claiming collectively by long experience and intimate relations with Italians of all classes to know more of public opinion in this country than any single newspaper correspon- dent can possibly do, desire to protest in the strongest possible terms against the manner in which the state of public affairs in Italy has for a considerable time past been misrepresented to a large and important section of the British Press. As guests in this country we make no comment on its internal political policy, which is not our concern, but we wish to state most clearly and emphatically that there exists here to-day nothing that can be justly termed either tyranny. or suppression of personal freedom as guaranteed by constitutional law in any civilized land. We, believe that the present Prime Minister, Signor Mussolini, enjoys the enthusiastic support and admira- tion of the vast majority of the Italian people, who are patrioti- cally co-operating with 'him in building up the economic welfare 'of the country and who are contented, orderly and prosperons to a degree hitherto unknoWn in Italy, and probably without parallel at the present time among other great EurO- pead nations still suffering froM the War.
(Signed) GEORGE DICK-LAUDER (Chairman) ; W. E.
COPTNGER ; T. DALRYMPLE DLTNCAN ; HAROLD E.
GOAD ; W. P. HENDERSON' ; SHERREIR' LAWLESS ; 'ALGERNON J. PILKINGTON ; R. W. SPRANGEB '-'-ERNEST. TAYLOR; R. E. WORTHINGTON.
14 Via Vigna Nuova, Florence, Italy.
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