Press Scored By Salvemini

Indignation at the sensational headlines printed by the Boston papers this week announcing the complete collapse of Benito Mussolini, was expressed by Professor Gaetano Salvemini, former Italian citizen and bitter enemy of Fascism since the march on Rome.

"This type of reporting is an attempt by news-hungry journalists to present to the reading public facts which tend to arouse false hope in those who think that Mussolini's weakness means a revolution in Italy. This is mere wishful thinking," the professor stated.

Stating that the source for the information, given by the Boston papers was vague and entirely unreliable, Professor Salvemini stressed that, these reports notwithstanding, there are reasonable grounds for the belief that the Italian dictator actually is in a state of complete prostration.

"I am led to believe that Mussolini is today a very sick man because, not only is his family tree predominated by people who died young and his own children in poor health; but the Italian leader himself is a victim of syphilis, the professor concluded.