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Foreign News: 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. . ....

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