Word: duces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only in the peculiar internal political structure of Poland is it possible today for such a coldblooded, unscrupulous, calculating diplomat as Colonel Beck to get away with his fast & loose international dealings. Even in modern dictatorships a Führer or a Duce must sell his people on accepting his judgments on foreign relations. In a democracy a Foreign Minister is at the political mercy of public opinion. But in Poland Colonel Beck is under neither handicap and the reason is that Poland is neither a dictatorship nor a democracy...
Flags decorated the cities, parades were held, anti-French demonstrations flared. To a cheering mob of black-shirted Fascists ordered to gather before the Palazzo Venezia, Il Duce struck his usual defiant pose on the balcony, shouted: "The splendid victory of Barcelona is another chapter in the new Europe we are creating. General Franco's magnificent troops and our fearless legionnaires not only have beaten [Premier Dr. Juan] Negrin's government, but many others of our enemies are now biting the dust. Their motto was 'No pasarán,' but we did pass and I tell...
...Dictator Mussolini intended to carry out the solemn promise he was said to have made to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain less than a month ago: to withdraw his troops from Spain as soon as the Rebels won the war. On the contrary, there was evidence aplenty that Il Duce intended to use the threat of these troops to gain concessions from France...
...Government. As the lengthy debate neared its end, M. Bonnet was expected to play his trump card: an assurance by Dictator Mussolini, given to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in Rome fortnight ago, that as soon as Generalissimo Franco won the war, Italian troops would leave Spain. Since Il Duce has often found it convenient to forget his solemn pledges, this argument was not calculated to impress the French Left. The Government was slated for a rough time in the Chamber before a final vote is taken this week...
...after the talks ended. Observers scoffed at Mr. Chamberlain for coming to Rome to learn no more than what the British Ambassador to Rome could have, and probably had, told him. Mr. Chamberlain remained optimistic to the last and when he said farewell to II Duce, he was wearing his best public smile. "Not good-by," he remarked to his host, "but au revoir." "Au revoir," smiled II Duce, "and soon." Back in London, Mr. Chamberlain received a reception not likely to influence him to return to Italy "soon." No member of his Cabinet bothered to come to the station...