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This is due partly because of his close association with the Hepublican
and th Socialist Party. Both of these parties have v ry little
popular following, but are fanatically opposed to manarchy. ‘they
know perfectly wall that they would lose a plebiscite and therefore
everyone of their efforts is dir cted twoards the avoidance of such
e popular consultation. Furthermore, de Gasperi personally is a foe
of the monarchy. This is not with him a matter of principle, but one
of personal inter -$t. Having betrayed King Humberto, though he was
his prime-minister, de Gasperi fe ls that the King would never trust "
him again and that hence a Monarchy would mean the end of his |
political career. Despite tis reputation, de Gasperi is a man of
burning personal ambitions, who will try everything in his power to
diye cither as Prime-Minister of as President of the Republic. Hence,
his bitter opposition to the Monarchy. On the other hand, de Gasperi
is much too shrewd an operator not to know that he cannot win an
election, unless he has the supp rt of a very substantial bloc of
monarchist votes. He consequntly must avoid to show openly his
hostility to Monarchy, but try to find a solution by which he can
still secure the monarchists' votes, without granting them their dceman
for a plebiscite. he suceeded in the communist scare of 1948. he
is now trying again, by appealing to the monarchists to support hin,
while demanding from them that they should, for the time béing, shelve
their demend for a plebiscite, until such time should arise, in which
this could be carried out in a better atmosphere of harmony ana under¬
stunding.s This ap,eal has been recognized for what it is by italy's .
leading mon»rchists and there is the danger that it might even be
understood by the bulk of the population. ‘hat is the reason, why
now the high command of the Vemocrazia Christiana is discussing
privately the idea of creating a new Monarchist Party, which would
work closely with the vbemocrazia Christiane, vould gather the
monarchist votes in favor of de Uasperi, but vould never demand the
plebiscite, which might spell the end of the kepublic. so far no
decision hs ben taken on the matter, Since de vasperi and his _
frionds h-ve beon un ble to find somebody to lead this new Monarchist
movement, Still some lcadihgg Demo-Christiani are speaking now
to ask Mr.Giannini to take over thé& task. Giannini is the man
vho was the leader of the former gaaXX Uomo Qualunque movem nt,
which disap, eared a few years agoe he hes since not been heard VÍ e
but it is noteworthy, that simultaneously with these plans of the
ruling Party, anouncem nts have be n made that Giannini would start
his newspaper againe
the chances of this divergkonist movem nt lie in the fact,
that the Italian monarchists are sorely divided. at present, the
monarchist masses are divided between three main movem ntse the
first of these is the Italian monarchist bn.on, a non-partisan group,
which, despite its size, does not partake in direct political
activities. The most dynamic of the monerchists is the PMM, or
National Monarchist rarty, directed by Naples mayor Lauro. Lauro
and his mon are active and aggressive snd are the real threat to the