Chapter 36 Goebbels (4)

Without the parliamentarians asking, the staff had already brought the leaflets to the venue, and one person even read them out loud:

“…A senior Italian general was killed in a foreign country, and some political parties led by the Socialist Party actually advised the government to swallow their anger. If ordinary Italians were killed, they would probably pretend not to see it, right?

The leader ordered troops to be dispatched for the dignity and honor of the country, and the Socialist Party parliamentarians still hypocritically said that sacrificing more people for one person was inhumane, and that they should consider the overall situation, worry about the impact, and maintain the hard-won peace. Bah!

We want to be honest with the Italian people. Shout out loudly:

You actually voted for this political party that dares not promote national prestige and dares not protect the people? You actually elected their members to represent public opinion. Have your consciences been eaten by dogs? Won't your hearts hurt? If the same fate befalls you one day, can you expect this corrupt, weak, and empty-handed socialist party to protect your legitimate rights and interests?

A country that only knows how to protest is a country without bones! ! When our dignity, sovereignty, honor and security are trampled upon, we don't need a government that protests shamelessly! You are the most

Is life so precious and peace so sweet that the Italians are willing to exchange them at the cost of servility?

No! Never! Never!

We are not going to fight with the Greeks, we just want to make our attitude clear. Italians are not easy to bully. Don't think that Italy is the old Italy that was poor and weak and submissive under the leadership of the Socialist Party. Under the leadership of the leader and the fascists, the Italian people have stood up! Italy's planes, cannons and warships are not for show! Let the Greeks wait and taste the anger of our new era Italians! Taste the anger of the new Roman Empire!

This At this moment, our mood is closely linked to the Italian soldiers on Corfu Island and all the patriotic Italian people. We share the same breath and destiny. If your blood has not cooled down, if your patriotic enthusiasm has not disappeared, if your self-confidence and pride will never retreat, if your fighting spirit will never be afraid, please join us and fight together to support the government and fight for national dignity!

Long live the glorious, prosperous and indomitable Italy!

——The Central Committee of the Young Italian League!

November 12, 1923"

To deal with domestic political parties, they actually directly boarded the plane to drop leaflets? This method is also amazing! All the parliamentarians were stunned, but then their emotions were incited by the leaflets and they applauded.

Matteotti was so angry that he trembled all over: "Asshole, do you know what you are doing?"

"What did I do? Didn't you wantonly attack the government for suppressing public opinion? I will show you today that patriotic speech can be expressed freely..." Contini smiled slightly, "There is no Italian law that prohibits the delivery of leaflets, right? Mr. Matteotti, why didn't you say anything when you handed out leaflets before?"

Yes! The plane is owned by United Group, the printing plant is owned by United Group, and the money is still owned by United Group, so why can't we do it?

Mussolini stood up and applauded. He gave Contini a thumbs up and said loudly, "Gentlemen, you see, the Italian people support us. The citizen representatives have expressed their support for the government with firm and powerful actions!"

"No! This is manipulated by you."

"Mr. Matteotti, you must be responsible for this sentence, otherwise I don't mind suing you in the Constitutional Court for brutally interfering with the expression of people's will and violating the constitution - is it only the expression of free will that follows you?" Contini slammed the table and said, "In Italy, only patriotic enthusiasm drives us. No one can threaten or force us. You can't, and the Socialist Party can't! Comrades, don't you agree?"

"Yes!" More than 100 citizen representatives all stood up and stomped their feet and shouted.

"Okay, let's go!"

After Contini finished speaking, he prepared to leave with his people.

"You..." a Socialist MP shouted, "You haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Contini turned around and said, "I think you got one thing wrong. We are citizen representatives. We are here to listen to the speeches of MPs and express our opinions, not to be questioned. It is not your turn to question me. You are MPs elected by the people. It is fine if you cannot represent the will of the people. Do you want to manipulate public opinion and question the people?"

There was a burst of laughter around, and everyone remembered that in preparation for the election of MPs, Contini had resigned all the titles of 4 ministerial assistants. Although this was not considered an official position, it is better now. He has no official status at all. The Minister of Youth and the Youth Leader are just party positions. It is not the turn of the Socialist Party to make decisions.

The problem is that this young man is so arrogant before he becomes a MP. If he really becomes a MP, will the parliament still be held in the future?

After Contini's interference, the parliamentary inquiry could not proceed. Mussolini believed that he had the public opinion, and Contini made a fuss and did not take the Socialist Party seriously at all. The meeting dragged on until 5 pm, and then the whole meeting was adjourned and would be reconvened in two days depending on the situation.

By the next day, with the alliance between the Youth League and Fascistia, and the joint instigation of leaflets, newspapers, and radio stations, the whole of Italy was in an uproar. Roman students took to the streets holding high slogans and marched to the Socialist Party headquarters under police escort. The crowd was so tight that two congressmen who tried to escape secretly were picked out by the students and beaten severely. Their faces were covered with blood and half of their arms were almost broken. After the beating was almost done, the police left slowly. Came over and "dispersed" the students.

Faced with the angry and twisted face of the congressman and his request to arrest the person immediately, the policeman spread his hands and said helplessly: "Sir, I sympathize with you. But, you see, I just arrived at the scene, and I don't even want anyone to hit you." You know, how do you arrest people? Besides, aren’t you the most firmly opposed to arresting people at will? I can’t even find a witness, so how can I convict someone based on your words?”

Seeing him being so serious about business, the other policeman almost laughed out loud: just now the two of them were standing at the corner of the alley, smoking casually while watching the students perform a full martial arts show with great interest, waiting until the beating was almost done. Only then did they stand up to "maintain" order - this is why Grandini emphasized that "it's okay to beat people, but don't really beat them to death" and they came out to take care of it. Otherwise, who would worry about such noisy matters?

This congressman is also unlucky. He originally had a special carriage to pick him up, but today, thanks to the collaboration of the Youth League, all the carriage guilds have unanimously agreed: they will not drag these scum of the Socialist Party who have surrendered!

The beating was relatively mild. At night, Matteotti's house was set on fire by patriotic students. The fire truck arrived at the scene 20 minutes later, but it was either because something was blocking the alleyway or not. Detours were made, either because the fire hydrant could not be connected to the water. It was not until they were convinced that Matteotti's house was burned that the firefighters rushed to put out the fire and avoid the danger of spreading...