24 JANUARY 1925, Page 2

It is still impossible to see how the present deadlock

can .be resolved. On the one hand the. Fascist executive power and authority seem to be-.undiminished, and there is no immediate prospect of overthrowing Signor Musso- lini while material prosperity in the country is evident. On the other hand, the Fascists, according to all impartial . observers, have lost every shred of moral prestige, and - prestige in a country like Italy is an incalculable factor. At any rate, it is clear that the. Fascists are-now an ordinary arbitrary Government which may be efficient or inefficient, but which will, in the end, suffer the fate which no tyranny can escape.