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ROME, Oct. 27-On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the "March on Rome" Premier Mussolini today reduced to ashes on the "Altar of the Mother Country," facing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 140,000,000 lire (about $7,364,000) in public debt certificates offered to the Treasury by public spirited citizens of all provinces who have vied with each other to reduce the State's indebtedness. A crowd of several score thousands watched Il Duce as he consigned to the flames burning on the two ancient Roman altars the offerings of all classes, from the humblest to the richest, for the restoration of Italy's financial fortunes. The ceremony took place at the top of a broad flight of steps on the Victor Emmanuel monument in the shadow of the gigantic statue representing imperial Rome, at the base of which the unknown soldier sleeps his eternal sleep. Two ancient Roman altars, one dedicated to the goddess Lucina and the other to the goddess Minerva, taken from one of Rome's museums, had been erected in front of the unknown soldier's tomb. On them small flames were burning. The vast square at the foot of the monument was crowded with thousands upon thousands of interested spectators.
https://www.nytimes.com/1928/10/28/archives/mussolini-burns-debt-certificates-7364000-offering-to-reduce-state.html