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...Honorable Senators!" he cried, and every Fascist leaned forward, knowing that potent words would follow: ". . . The problem of Italo-Ethiopian relations is the order of the day, and not only in Italy. . . . One rumor abroad in some foreign circles is to be denied formally immediately-a rumor of Franco-British diplomatic 'steps' in Rome...
...London, was a sort of vital symbol last week of the Great Powers' will to prevent Austria from being absorbed into Nazidom. This will was formally recorded at Rome in the pact of Benito Mussolini and Pierre Laval (TIME, Jan. 14), then re-recorded at London in the Franco-British agreement of Premier Flandin with His Majesty's Government (TIME, Feb. 11) . In Paris last week Fascist Schuschnigg, incessantly guarded by popping motorcycle police "à l'Américaine" (a distinct novelty in France), had really nothing to do except to pin upon sad-eyed French President...
...Wilhelmstrasse diligent Dictator Hitler at once applied himself to the Franco-British agreement texts, cabled from London this week and delivered to him by the Ambassadors of France and Britain in double-quick time. As he always does when his zeal is excited, Adolf Hitler sat up the whole night. Until he should utter his awful word, German editors hewed to the obstinate line they have taken for months: no return of Germany to the League, no signing of pacts, no concessions or even negotiations about armaments until after the Fatherland has first been granted "as of right" her present...
...violence of the language of the Franco-British note one may easily recognize the work of the Little Entente, for which France continues to act as patroness!" cried Giornale d'Italia. "This is an attempt violently and undeservedly to humiliate Austria...
Knowing observers realized some weeks ago that it was nearly time for another Fascist shift, and last week came particular reason for Il Duce to be displeased with his Foreign Minister. Dino Grandi was a delegate to Lausanne, yet the Franco-British Accord de Confiance was apparently as much of a surprise to him as it was to editors in the U. S. The accord contained a joker particularly unpleasant to Italy: a deeply buried hint of Franco-British naval accord in the Mediterranean. Benito Mussolini dealt gently with his deposed Grandi. Day after his removal was announced, Grandi...