Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enjoyed imperial power--none has been "august". None--that is--up to the present. But a solitary figure,--concerning whom much red ink has already been spilt,--has appeared to carry out Dante's dream. Perhaps it is a further waste of ink to say more of this Benito Mussolini. But he is a figure who challenges comparison; one who has not proved a short-lived upstart, nor yet an overbearing Napoleon, seeking to conquer Europe; but one whose rule has been characterized by sanity and vigor. Recently he has given additional proof of his many-sided genius, by active...
Meanwhile it is certain that the French policy toward the Germans has been definitely modified. The Poincaré administration has gained and not lost prestige as a result of its more moderate attitude. In Paris it is officially admitted that the Mussolini-Jaspar-Stinnes negotiations in Italy and the Loucheur visit to Britain have had a far-reaching effect on French policy...
Another important event occurred when the King received Benito Mussolini. Great political significance is attached to this conversation, a report of which was not published. It is known, however, that a definite Anglo-Italian accord is in the course of consideration by the Italian Government. Such an agreement is directed against the Franco-Belgian alliance, which is at present operating against British and Italian interests. A more striking parallel cannot be found than that of the visits of King Edward VII to France and Russia, which brought into existence the Entente Cordiale...
Clothed as a lamb, Benito Mussolini once said to Don Sturzo, head of the Popular Party (Roman Catholic), that there was no reason for the separate existence of his party, since Fascism was identified with the protection of Roman Catholic Church interests. But the party remained...
...government, not even excepting the Fascisti, has ever come into existence without the support of this party. Its position is strong enough in Italy to make the unilateral Government now in power heed their own position. That is why Don Sturzo can freely attack the dictatorial policy of Mussolini. In view of the rumored understanding between the Fascisti, who are openly, and the Vatican, which is supposedly hostile to democratic and parliamentary methods of government, it is probable that Don Sturzo would not care at the moment to make a wholesale attack on Fascismo...