Word: il
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second adunata, held early last week, the occupation of Addis Ababa by Marshal Badoglio was announced. Four days later came the call for the third adunata which all Italy had been feverishly awaiting. Well drilled, the Italian people knew their posts, their cues. A good hour before Il Duce's speech, they had left their homes, cafes and shops to gather in public squares. In the shoeshine parlors and groceries of Brooklyn and Boston it was 3 :30 p. m. In Addis Ababa it was nearly midnight. But along the length of Italy's boot...
...Viva il Re!" screamed the crowd...
Aloisi's Triumph, If it was a bad week for Anthony Eden, it was a glorious week for Il Duce's faithful Geneva delegate, Baron Pompeo Aloisi. The ears of this onetime naval officer have burned for months with bitter messages from his boss over his failure to halt the application of League sanctions. The belated success of Italy's armies in Africa did the Baron no good, but last week he was in a position to crow, and he took full advantage...
...soir Monsieur le professeur Morize assistera a un diner apres lequel il nous dira quelques mots. Tout membre de l'universite qui s'interesserait sera le bienvenue. La reunion aura lieu dans le Lowell House Common Room a dix heures vingt precises...
...Kurt von Schuschnigg of Austria and Premier Julius Combos of Hungary know what to do. They go to see Benito Mussolini. Hardly had German troops tramped into the Rhineland when Messrs. Schuschnigg & Gombos popped over the Alps. In Rome they attended military reviews, later closeted themselves for hours with Il Duce. What was said privately between Mussolini and his small allies is yet to be told, but it was pretty well indicated last week when bespectacled Chancellor Schuschnigg stood up in the Austrian Diet to demand a new law breaking once more the Treaty of Saint Germain, restoring compulsory military...