Girondist Party

Despatches from Rome announce the formation of a Girondist Party.

This new Party, while probably an imitation of the Girondists of the French Revolution, derives its name from the Party newspaper, La Gironde.

The Girondist Party is composed of Socialists and was founded by the Socialist Deputies Alessandri and Bianchi to cooperate with the Fascist Party. Thus has Mussolini triumphed over his late colleagues by causing a rift in their ranks.

Reasons of the new Party for adhering to Fascismo are set forth in La Gironde :

"The Fascista Government is a reality. . . . It is strong and its strength is due not so much to its militia as to the consent and sympathy of a majority of the population.

"The Italian people need and desire one thing above all others: they need to work and to be allowed to work in peace and tranquillity. Whoever does not understand this aspiration of the Italian people either is stupid or does not want to understand."