Word: matteaotti
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...greeted him with formal bows and stark official courtesy. This was made necessary by the fact that Emile Vandervelde, the Socialist Belgian Foreign Minister, had announced that he would under no circumstances shake hands with Mussolini, whom he considers personally responsible for the atrocious murder of the Italian Socialist, Matteaotti (TIME, Oct. 19 et. ante), who was the close friend of Minister Vandervelde. It was felt that a scene could be avoided only by invoking an attitude of rigid formalism on the part of all present...
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