terms it was specifically stated that it is the obligation of
the Italian Government to eliminate fascist organizations,
to abolish all fascist institutions', etc. Of course, no little has
already -been done in Italy in this respect. But the measures
taken cannot be regarded as sufficient.

On the other hand, one cannot help noticing that attempts
to resurrect fascism in Italy are continuing. Even such a
Right-wing Italian political leader as Sforza warns, in his
recently published book, against the danger in Italy of neo-
fascism, which has come to succeed the old outspoken crim-
inal fascism. Pacciardi, one of the leaders of the Italian
Republican Party, recently sounded the warning in the press
that "royalist and fascist groups are openly working to de-
stroy the Republic," and that "key positions in the adminis-
tration are held by enemies of the republican system, who
are sabotaging the efforts of the Ministers." Italian courts
time and again acquit prominent fascist leaders who' be-
longed to Mussolini's intimate clique. Every now and
again underground fascist organizations are discovered
in various parts of Italy. There are recurrent open sorties
of fascists, in the shape of dissemination of literature,
sporadic seizures of radio stations for fascist propaganda,
and so on.

That, under these circumstances, the proposal of the
Polish and Ukrainian delegations, designed to prevent a re-
vival of fascist organizations in Italy, is well-founded, should
be perfectly obvious. If we really want a democratic peace,
we must accept this proposal. To reject it would only mean
encouraging the fascists who are lying low. But if we accept
it, it will be a stimulus to the consolidation of the democratic
front in Italy, to' the benefit of the common cause of the
democratic countries1.

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