Word: italiane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...maneuvers in Northern Italy. He has found little time to spend in his big palace in the heart of Naples. The applause he receives at public gatherings is even more vociferous than that accorded Il Duce. Because of the Prince of Piedmont's growing popularity, the old familiar Italian cry of Avanti Savoia ("Forward, House of Savoy") has come to have new meaning these past few months...
...short & snappy French Army communiques are now published beside the much longer German reports. Cinemaudiences are warned to refrain from applauding the armies of either side as they appear on the screen and the entire Italian public has been counseled not to show partisanship in Europe's big quarrel...
...performed the difficult feat of remaining neutral between those who want to stay neutral in the war and those who want to join Germany. Meanwhile, his power has noticeably waned. For one reason or another he handed over to the Prince of Piedmont the command of half the Italian Army. The pay of his own Fascist militiamen, who formed the regime's counter-revolutionary force, was suddenly reduced from eight lire (40?) a day to one lira, at the same time that the Army private's pay was increased from a few centesimi to a lira. Such dissident...
Instead of helping Adolf Hitler last week by emerging as an "honest broker" to try to sell Britain and France a Nazi Peace (see p. 34), Premier Benito Mussolini left the Führer to speak exclusively for himself, plunged into strictly Italian (and peaceful) activities. Fascist newsorgans politely termed Herr Hitler's vague terms as so "constructive, realistic" that they ought to be accepted, but there was little conviction that they would be accepted, even if understood...
...what side will she join in war? The Fascist regime's prestige was staked on the German alliance, and every doubt about that alliance indicates that the regime is slipping. Those with ears to the ground in Italy (and Signor Mussolini is one of them) know that the Italian people have always disliked the German alliance. There are more than 1,000,000 Italian World War veterans who fought against Germany. Throughout Italy there are monuments to the Italian dead of World War I. After more than a month of hesitation, it will be difficult to drag Italians...