“SO LONG AS THESE STUDENTS AND THESE UNIVERSITIES EXIST, THE NATION CANNOT PERISH AND BECOME A SLAVE, BECAUSE UNIVERSITIES SMASH FETTERS WITHOUT ALLOWING THE FORGING OF NEW ONES” 289 (_Speech delivered at the University of Padua, 3rd June 1923._) ITALY’S FOREIGN POLICY REGARDING GERMAN REPARATIONS, HUNGARY, BULGARIA, AUSTRIA, YUGOSLAVIA, TURKEY, RUSSIA POLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES 293 (_Speech delivered before the Senate, 8th June 1923._) “THE INTERNAL POLICY” 306 (_Speech delivered before the Senate, 8th June 1923._) “AS SARDINIA HAS BEEN GREAT IN WAR, SO LIKEWISE WILL SHE BE GREAT IN PEACE” 320 (_Speech delivered at Sassari (Sardinia), 10th June 1923._) “MEN PASS AWAY, MAYBE GOVERNMENTS TOO, BUT ITALY LIVES AND WILL NEVER DIE” 323 (_Speech delivered at Cagliari (Sardinia), 12th June 1923._) “FASCISMO WILL BRING A COMPLETE REGENERATION TO YOUR LAND” 326 (_Speech delivered at Iglesias (Sardinia), 13th June 1923._) “AS WE HAVE REGAINED THE MASTERY OF THE AIR, WE DO NOT WANT THE SEA TO IMPRISON US” 328 (_Speech delivered at Florence, 19th June 1923._) “I PROMISE YOU—AND GOD IS MY WITNESS—THAT I SHALL CONTINUE NOW AND ALWAYS TO BE A HUMBLE SERVANT OF OUR ADORED ITALY” 330 (_Speech delivered at Florence, 19th June 1923._) “THE VICTORY OF THE PIAVE WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR OF THE WAR” 331 (_Speech delivered at Rome, 25th June 1923._) THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES 335 (_Speech delivered by the American Ambassador at Rome, 28th June 1923, and the Italian Prime Minister’s reply._) “THE GREATNESS OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE ACHIEVED BY THE NEW GENERATIONS” 343 (_Speech delivered at Rome, 2nd July 1923._) THE SITUATION ON THE RUHR AND OTHER QUESTIONS OF FOREIGN POLICY 345 (_Speech delivered 3rd July 1923, at the Council of Ministers._) THE ELECTORAL REFORM BILL 347 (_Speech delivered before the Chamber of Deputies, 16th July 1923._) THE MASSACRE OF THE ITALIAN DELEGATION FOR THE DELIMITATION OF THE GRECO-ALBANIAN FRONTIER 363 (_Rome, 27th August 1923._) INDEX 365 PART I MUSSOLINI THE “SOCIALIST” “DO NOT THINK THAT BY TAKING AWAY MY MEMBERSHIP CARD YOU WILL TAKE AWAY MY FAITH IN THE CAUSE”