The other is the solution imposed by logic and by the very development of events: the corporate solution which means the self-discipline of production entrusted to producers. I say this because most people nowadays understand the term in the context of Social Liberalism. We havent elevated lying into a government art nor into a narcotic for the people the way the London government has done. Five years ago, at this time, the pillars of a temple which seemed to defy the ages, crashed with terrific noise. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to get the full Trove experience. Library of Congress Call Number DG571 .M752 1936. /Length1 11084 It means attempting to exceed themselves as far as shameless lies are concerned, which should seem difficult for the English. In reality the moment was timely because if it is true that one enemy was in the course of liquidation there remained the other, the bigger one, the most powerful enemy number one against whom we are engaged and against whom we will continue the struggle to the last drop of blood. . As early as February 1918, he advocated the emergence of a dictator"a man who is ruthless and energetic enough to make a clean sweep"to confront the economic and political crisis then gripping Italy. It will be you . As the Duce reviewed the assembled guards of honour and passed the cheering crowds to open the doors of the Mostra della rivoluzionefascista, the Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution, fascism invited Italians and (Word) Dimensions. Italian voiceover.Benito Mussolini walks past large crowds. Losses of materials were more than compensated for by immense booty and were absolutely insignificant. But to our average Italian at that time in 1934, they probably would not notice the fundamental difference between the two distinct concepts. If there is a true and fruitful peace, which must be accompanied by justice, we will adorn our rifles with the olive branch. World War, 1914-1918. This proof begins with the dogmatic premise that although anything may happen Italy will march with Germany, side by side, to the end. He spoke in Amharic, the text of which is on the left side of the pages. This would bring about a change not only in the European political map, but also in the worlds map. Posted in Articles, Benito Mussolini, Fascism, Tagged Corporatism, Fascism, Italian Fascism, Milan, Mussolini, National Fascist Party. But at Zama, Rome destroyed Carthage and wiped it out from geography and history forever. For example about Joris van Severen and Hendrik de Man. If we had been 100 per cent ready we would have entered the war in September, 1939, and not in June, 1940. Benito Mussolini: A Speech to the People of Rome after Italy's Declaration of War against France and Britain (10 June 1940) Fighters of land, sea and air, Blackshirts of the revolution and of the legions, men and women of Italy, of the empireand of the Kingdom of Albania, listen! How could one be hostile to a movement which enfolds the better part of the Italian people and exalts their inextinguishable passion for greatness? The hour destined by fate is sounding for us. Rome comrades! After World War I, the states of central and southeastern Europe were compelled by the victorious Allied and Associated Powers to sign agreements guaranteeing religious, social, and political equality to their minority League of Nations. He even insisted that the Corporatist economy would eliminate the Profit Motive without proposing an alternative motive to strive for in economic life. /Length 7600 endobj Our fronts stretch for thousands of kilometers and are thousands of kilometers away. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Indeed, as we have often said before, we are absolutely convinced that Fascism is bound to become the standard type of civilisation of our century for Europe and for Italy. We can tell from Mussolinis invocations of Social Justice that the particular term was being specifically understood within its original religious connotations. 1 0 obj Note - To read this document online see WFF Document: Benito M ussolini, The Doctrine of Fascism Benito . 2 0 obj IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. The first gathering was that of the farmers whose gifts will help to ease the poverty of many families all over Italy. Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 Author. The Germans know that Italy today has on her shoulders the weight of 1,000,000 British and Greek soldiers, of from 1,500 to 2,000 planes, of as many tanks, of thousands of cannon, of at least 500,000 tons of military shipping. However, during the first four months of the war we were able to inflict grave naval, air and land blows to the forces of the British Empire. Commanded by the born soldier the Viceroy is and by a group of generals of great valor, the national and native soldiers will cause great trouble to the enemy. This is the other aspect of the corporate system. Germanys decision to completely withdraw form the Geneva Conference on 14 October, 1933 is often given as one of the chief causes of the Conferences failure. The first would be to place the whole of national economy under State control, but we reject this solution because we do not intend to multiply by ten the already imposing number of State employees. Eighth, in this gigantic struggle Italy has a first-class job. Let me say now that what is occurring in the United States is one of the most colossal mystifications in all history. Having definitely liquidated Britains armies on the European Continent, the war could not but assume a naval, air and, for us, also a colonial character. If they were once parties representing the political interests of Catholics and Protestants before 1945, then their post-1945 decision to merge into Christian Democratic parties was done on grounds that were more ideological (as in a commitment to Parliamentary Democracy and Liberal Capitalism) than theological. Do not be astonished by this statement. Put another way, there is an almost familiar sense of uncertainty in Fascist Italy which reminds me of the same uncertainty that would later occur in the Peoples Republic of China during the Dengist economic reforms by the 1980s. photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages. Only during the period that goes from Oct. 1, 1937, to Jan. 31, 1940, were sent to Libya 14,000 officers and 396,358 soldiers, and organized two armies-the fifth and tenth. Although perhaps a little hyperbolic in his adulation, Pounds jubilant praise is demonstrative of how seriously many took both the promises of Fascist theory and the avowals made by its chief advocate, Mussolini. Reel #: 308 TC In: 013243 TC Out: 013317This clip is available for licensing without time code and logo - To inquire about licensing email us at Myfootage@gm. Some people who today apparently think Italys intervention was premature were probably the same who then I deemed it too late. Benito Mussolini, The Doctrine of Fascism (Firenze: Vallecchi, 1936). This will never happen. The unity of political and military command in the hands of the Fuehrer-he who once was simple soldier and volunteer Adolf Hitler-gives to the operations an enthusiastic, irresistible, revolutionary and therefore National Socialist rhythm that begins with the highest generals and goes to the humblest soldiers. It is evident that there are no great possibilities of improving relations with neighbours beyond the Alps and the Adriatic while the press polemics which wound us in the flesh continue. The French translation is on the right. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. Signed by France, Germany, capture of the World Digital Library site. Often seen as one of the episodes that prepared the way for World War II, the war demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when League decisions were not supported by the great powers. Germany has not yet brought to the limit the employment of her human forces. Why would I draw analogies between Deng and Mussolini, seeing how both men were governing their respective countries under different geopolitical environments? Statement on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities. Another proposed alternative, especially among those who are from Latin America, is Liberation Theology and its favorable views on Marxist Theory. << /ProcSet [ /PDF ] /XObject << /Fm1 5 0 R >> >> x}[sKr{"VeKoXwD(@`H@\\HSULLe^!k{2_68q4R`71vog\?oLkmF S:gR_6mveFo6~pn_ vz:9likg10Ls}ru>o?oWOWw/?>]=\o7W7?n2PQ They are both messengers of Caesarism, which sounds somewhere in the distance in the nebulous music of the future., Here, in architecture, the peculiarity of our time is strikingly evident: hitherto the artistic structures had been the tombs of kings or the places in which they held their courts or the community hall, or they served sacred purposes today the artistic building serves as a business office or it has no meaning at all, The Fundamentals of National Socialist Economic Policy, The Salzburg Conference and the National Socialist Party of the German Volk, The Second Danger: A Warning from the Fatherland Front, Extending a Hand to West Germanys Little Nazis. The lie is that the Axis powers, after they finish Great Britain, want to attack America. Mussolini declared the incident "an act of self-defense" and thus not subject to arbitration under international agreements. : 1848 - 1957) Mon 11 May 1936 Page 9 Error loading images metadata for page '572920' metadata: Forbidden Match text 0 Loading article contents, please wait. Mussolini and Hitler arrived together in an open car. Discoteco di Stato (recorder) Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (interviewee/speaker) Production date. With the outbreak of hostilities on Sept. 1, 1939, we had just finished two wars which imposed relatively modest sacrifices in human life but had forced us to make an enormous logistic and financial effort. We will see all this before the end of October or the beginning of November. stream x: xSU^^fyIM!R The speech from October 2, 1934 (left) announces the war with Ethiopia, the one from May 9, 1936 (center) declares Ethiopia's annexation, and the one from May 5, 1936 (right) proclaims the occupation of Addis Ababa by Italian troops. Britain will realize that once again. The improvement of relations between the various countries of Europe is all the more important in that the Disarmament Conference has failed.2. Advertisement Text of Mussolini's Milan Speech By the Associated Press. What most people did not know and it is still a common misconception which I sometimes encounter among actual Roman Catholics is that Catholic Social Teachings definitions are too vague and too broad. They were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 2010. Alois Derso (1888--1964) was a noted Hungarian cartoonist and satirist who worked for the League of Nations during the 1920s and 1930s. . This is why I shall make a brief survey of the horizon, which I shall restrict to neighbouring countries towards which our attitude cannot be one of indifference, but must either be hostile or friendly. 4.0,` 3p H.Hi@A> Similar to my own arguments about the Mormon Church of Utah being an American model for non-Soviet Command Economy, I can also cite the Puritans of New England as an American model for Corporatism. Since then the land war on the Continent has ended and it cannot flare back. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, . fascist assumption of power, Benito Mussolini inaugurated the most enduring propaganda event of the fascist dictatorship. Those who are indifferent have never made and never will make history. In 1937, Chancellor of Austria Kurt von Schuschnigg wrote of Italian Fascism that it, Mussolinis Speech to the Workers of Milan, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), a hybrid Left-Right organization devoted to the study of Soviet planned economics (the, The world revolution, however, will not be that which Marx envisaged; it will rather be that which Nietzsche foresaw., Currently, owing to a 19th century habit of overestimating the economic factor, we characterize the conflict by the superficial terms socialism and capitalism. What is actually taking place behind this verbal faade is the last great struggle of the Faustian soul., The revolutionary use of force by the masses is an expression of immediate life, often wild and barbaric, but never systematically horrible and inhuman., Russian Bolshevism and Italian fascism are kindred phenomena, they are signs of an epoch. What does higher social justice mean? The protagonists of history can revindicate their rights, but simple spectators never can. Mon 11 May 1936 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. Italo-Ethiopian War, (1935-36), an armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia 's subjection to Italian rule. Some ignorant foreign commentators should take due account of this. Mussolini's Speech to the Workers of Milan October 6, 1934 Blackshirts of Milan, comrade workers! That is how I would envisage it nearly a century after this speech was delivered: Corporatism is meant to be its own ideological concept. Emperor Haile Selassie, who was in Geneva at the time, went to the Assembly and asked for help, but to no avail; the League refused to act and most member countries recognized the Italian conquest. In the speeches, Mussolini compares the burgeoning Italian Empire with Ancient Rome. Apparently, Pound seemed convinced of Corporatisms potential that he was willing to proclaim that Corporatism could bring about the end of Scarcity Economics. It is a noteworthy assertion to make because Pound was trying to direct us toward the conclusion that Fascist Italy sought to create a Post-Scarcity Economy, which is one of the prerequisites of Communism (within Marxist Theory). They must add at least one zero to the figures of their communiqus. A reference to Arthur Henderson (b.1863 d.1935), a senior member of the British Labour Party and the official chairman of the Geneva Conference. The capital of Addis Ababa fell in May 1936. His. At this moment you are surrounded by millions and millions of Italians, while other people are listening in across the seas and beyond the mountain ranges. The Italian people, the Fascist people deserve and will have victory. Catalogue number. 1936-06-30, - Neutrals of every continent who are spectators at the bloody clashes between the armed masses must have sufficient shame to keep quiet and not express libelous provocative opinions. OmVn4-,6-DiXdSC-xlUKiSwGK"8kkxc!Va0Icn5,>,_@EE0A0i/B)"Xo-KNFxsf.lAu{mi^X~rz61]e[ xaj%5,869/ ;$U 1GLCwCHB?yh{$bt']gZKt*zL6#D`e1yZ(,jpJywXT4. Great Britain cannot win the war. Haile Selassie I, Emperor Of Ethiopia, Author. marines, and airman, accoutred as for war, torch, lined the steps of the massive Victor, decree was published formally proclaiming, Italian sovereignty over Abyssinia, vesting, or Viceroy. Americans who will read what I say should be calm and not believe in the existence of a big bad wolf who wants to devour them. The most interesting aspect about the Puritan version is that it bears a closer resemblance to the Fascist model, including its basic premises and goals. This formidable gathering of people closes the cycle of my three days in Milan. But the topic of Corporatism among Catholic circles is an interesting case since I do not encounter Catholics describing Corporatism in the same sense as the Fascist model. To state as they do that their losses in the battle of sixty days in Cyrenaica are not above 2,000 dead and wounded means adding a grotesque note to the drama. In so far as the past century was the century of capitalistic power, the Twentieth century is the century of the power and glory of labour. On land and sea and in the air it is the final battle that counts. endobj Mussolini's conquest of Abyssinia From a correspondent Fri 10 Jul 1936 06.48 EDT I recently had the opportunity of talking with a well-educated officer of the Italian army. Italy demanded compensation and formal recognition of the area as Italian. Receive notification of new ARPLAN missives by email. They hate each other like brothers. 21 0 obj Find the lyrics and meaning of any song, and watch its music video. He proclaimed the King of Italy Emperor of. endobj Fifth, the morale of the Axis people is infinitely superior to the morale of the British people. 6 0 obj Countless fortunes were annihilated, and many people did not outlive the disaster. Credit Line: [Original Source citation], World Digital Library, More about Copyright and other Restrictions. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. https://www.nytimes.com/1936/11/02/archives/text-of-mussolinis-milan-speech.html. We have been at war six years, precisely from Feb. 1, 1935, when the first communiqu announcing the mobilization of Peloritana was issued. They absolutely must not be confused or contaminated by the minority or well-known poltroons, anti-social individuals and complainers, who grumble about rations and regret their suspended comforts, or by snakes, the remains of the Masonic lodges, whom we will crush without difficulties when and how we want. It was necessary to face Greece, and on this point the accord of all responsible military leaders was absolute. At the present moment you are the protagonists of an event which the political history of tomorrow will remember as the speech to the workers of Milan.. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. But politically, the State must be able to cooperate with the Church, tolerating its presence and activities in the Socialist Nation. "All knots have been severed by our shining, men of all the armed forces in Africa and, Italy, Blackshirts of the revolution, and, mains in the hlstory of our country, com-, because Italy wants pence for herself and. Have you ever asked yourselves in an hour of meditation, which every one finds during the day, how long we have been at war. /Length 2612 %PDF-1.4 This declaration, this pledge, I solemnly renew before you today, and I promise it shall be fulfilled. Miracles! That we shall have to fight hard is certain, that we shall have to fight long is also probable, but the final result will be an Axis victory. >> We have at present under arms more than 2,000,000 men, but within the year we will, if necessary, reach, 4,000,000. In the Mediterranean Italy is allied with a friendly Spain. Anyone can read what you share. : 1848 - 1957), http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11033710, create private tags and comments, readable only by you, and. /Resources 6 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> 2612 Speech by the His Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, at the Assembly of the League of Nations, at the Session of June--July 1936. We only wish to see preserved and stressed the Italian character of the Canton Ticino, and this not only in our interest, but chiefly in the interest, and for the future of the Swiss republic. In December 1934, a clash, provoked by the Italians, occurred between Italian and Ethiopian armed forces at Walwal on the Ethiopian side of the frontier with Italian Somaliland. %PDF-1.3 endstream My guess is that this was an unconscious remark on Pounds part since he was certainly not the kind of person to be sympathetic to Communism. KtT8H@gvmRYPPR]iDkx;!7 From 1929 to the present day the mass of Italian workers have drawn closer to the Fascist Revolution. Though we certainly are totalitarian and will always be so, we have our feet on hard ground. Haile Selassie I, Emperor Of Ethiopia, Author. The question on whether any form of Catholic or Protestant politics is driven by their theology or by another ideology per se does matter in the context of Corporatism. - K0iABZyCAP8C@&*CP=#t] 4}a ;GDxJ> ,_@FXDBX$!k"EHqaYbVabJ0cVL6f3bX'?v 6-V``[a;p~\2n5 &x*sb|! The German victory was facilitated by Italian non-belligerency which immobilized heavy naval, air and-land forces of the Anglo-French bloc. Oswald Spengler, Preuentum und Sozialismus (1919), The revolutionary use of force by the masses is an expression of immediate life, often wild and barbaric, but never systematically horrible and inhuman. Carl Schmitt, Die geistesgeschichtliche Lage des heutigen Parlamentarismus (1923), Russian Bolshevism and Italian fascism are kindred phenomena, they are signs of an epoch. endobj JXMx@-xxO@;\]vIdxO.uHp](Xz;WYiT~{Q]~~~MyX(0;46^a!pv];hn`hbc=,^g&:S#m:Q8/+R1hQAb_>"L4r#{LqJYq?e*q579L+;"id/5Zw2pt5i{ucs{>y3?C )pUjL Text of Mussolini Speech By the Associated Press. Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Briand, Aristide. % This is impossible because Germany now works with the men, machines and raw materials of the entire European Continent. In speaking to the thickly populated and venturesome city of Bari, I said that the object of the regime in the economic field is to ensure higher social justice for the whole Italian people. The Greek successes do not go out of the tactical field and only megalomania has magnified them. Today this is a broken weapon because, from being a blockading nation, Britain became blockaded by the Axis air and naval forces and will increasingly be blockaded until catastrophe comes. -- The text of Premier Benito Mussolini's speech here today follows: View Full Article in Timesmachine , See the article in its original context from. Occupied France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg are, like the Scandinavian and Danubian worlds, within the orbit of Germany. Not sure if you are aware of this or not, the Church was also open to the possibility of Distributism as an alternate model of economic governance, which has turned out to be the case in some circles after Vatican II. 3 0 obj . hs2z\nLA"Sdr%,lt Italy, - Italy, led by dictator Benito Mussolini, invaded Ethiopia. 5 0 obj Let it be said once for all that the Italian soldiers in Albania combated superbly. From that day world liberalism, democracy and plutocracy declared and waged war against us with press campaigns, spreading libelous reports, financial sabotage, attempts and plots even when we were intent upon the work of international reconstruction which is and will remain for centuries, as the undestroyable documentation of our creative will. << /Length 4 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> On this day, November 2, in 1936, in a speech in Milan, Benito Mussolini announced the "Rome-Berlin" axis around which the entire world would revolve. Fourth, with this situation things are diametrically opposed to conditions from 1914 to 1918. All footage can be viewed on the British Path website. Sixth, Great Britain is alone. << That was the topic of a recently released book, entitled, The Puritan Ideology of Mobility: Corporatism, the Politics of Place, and the Founding of New England Towns before 1650. The implications are promising since New England was historically the same place where American Council Democracy, American Nationalism and American Socialism made their debuts within the old Federalist Party. stream Mussolini enters building and inspects various statues / busts. Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936, - I recently revisited my own research, looking back at what I had written regarding Corporatism. There was something else which I did not mention in my original comment. For information on contacting WDL partner organizations, see this archived list of partners. The industrial power of the United States certainly is great, but for aid to be useful supplies must safely reach England and also be of such quantity as not only to replace the destruction already inflicted and that which will come to the industrial plants of Britain, but also to bring about superiority over Germany. It is because we are certain regarding the grade of national maturity reached by the Italian people and regarding the future development of events that we continue to follow the cult of truth and repudiate all falsification. When the sufferings of the march by the Julia division almost up to Metzovo are known all will appear legendary. % Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini ( UK: / mslini, ms -/ MU (U)SS--LEE-nee, US: / mus -/ MOOSS-, Italian: [benito amilkare andra mussolini]; [1] 29 July 1883 - 28 April 1945) was an Italian dictator and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). This can be inferred from the various statements made by Mussolini throughout his speech. Let me open a brief parenthesis: your attitude to this exposition is acutely intelligent, which proves and counterproves to me that, whereas the diplomatic method must be reserve, one can always speak directly to the people in outlining the trend of foreign politics for a country as great as Italy. Minority Section. Since 1935 the attention of our general staff has been focused on Libya. We are not like the English. We have defended and will defend the independence of the Austrian republic, which was consecrated by the blood of a Chancellor who was physically small but great in heart and soul.1 Those who say that Italy has designs of aggression, that she wishes to impose a sort of protectorate over that Republic, are either not aware of the facts or are lying deliberately. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as Sorry for offtop, but will there be any posts about Benelux political figures of 1930-s and their ideas? *##: Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator and leader of that country's fascist party from 1925 to his deposition in 1943, makes a speech from the second.