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...pure politeness. What caused this visit with its special train was the knowledge spreading through all the chancelleries of the Balkans that French and British rearmament was reaching a point where minor Balkan nations might soon turn to them against the encroachments of Fascism. In Venice five weeks ago Benito...
Back in Vienna last week was spectacled, modest Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg carrying, from his head-to-head with Benito Mussolini at Venice, nothing more tangible than a rueful expression (TIME, May 3). To let off steam Chancellor Schuschnigg promptly ordered the arrest of 20 "provocative" Nazis, announced truculently that "there will be no coalition with Nazis in Austria." Thus he shrugged off the Italian suggestion that Austria's Nazis should be represented in the Fatherland Front, Chancellor Schuschnigg's party...
Meanwhile in Rome, Benito Mussolini wielded a spade in heavy rain last week, planted three pines to mark the site of Italy's 1941 World exhibition on the road to Rome's seaport, Ostia. Work began at once on the exhibition's buildings which will be permanent, will become a new suburb of Rome after the show is over...
...also greatly strengthened Leftist morale. The Basque lines again held firm, pushing back General Mola's men at several points. Then came a bit of news even more galling to the pride of Benito Mussolini than the rout at Brihuega. In an attempt to encircle Bilbao Italian troops pushed ahead. One Italian brigade reached the port of Bermeo eight miles from the capital on the Biscay coast, captured it. Here they were counterattacked by Basque militia, for the most part fishermen and their armed wives. When the Italians broke ranks, the bloodthirsty fishwives chased them into houses, beat them...
Propped up in bed in Paris last week was Count Charles de Chambrun, retired French Ambassador to Rome recovering from a pistol shot in the groin, fired by sultry Madeleine de Fontanges who accused him of breaking up her romance with Benito Mussolini (TIME, March 29 et seq.). Cried the Count: "I swear I never in my life occupied myself with Mme de Fontanges' personal affairs...