MUSSOLINI THROWS PARLIAMENT INTO VOLLEYS OF APPLAUSE
Rome, Italy (JFK+50) On January 4, 1925, The Sunday Star reports that yesterday Premier Benito Mussolini*, speaking to the Chamber of Deputies, "staged a dramatic scene which threw the chamber into volleys of applause."
El Duce declared that "the government had the strength to destroy the aventine** opposition--those deputies who have refused to participate in the work of the Parliament."
The Premier indicated, however, Facists would "keep within the law."
*Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was born in Dovia di Predappio, Italy & served as prime minister of Italy 1922-1943 & as Duce of the Italian Social Republic, 1943-1945. BM transformed Italy into a fascist dictatorship & joined the Axis powers in 1937.
**aventine...one of the 7 hills on which the city of Rome was built.
SOURCE
"Mussolini Threatens enemies With Destruction in 48 Hours," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., January 4, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
