Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...MUSSOLINI BROTHERS-Benito and Arnaldo (editor...
Naturally the climax of Correspondent James' dash to Rome came when he was ushered into the enormous, high ceilinged office of Signor Mussolini in the Palazzo Chigi. Soon Il Duce consented to discuss a subject at which most men shy, the prospect of his own death. Said he: "I am here today and gone tomorrow; but let no one think Fascism goes with me. . . . I do not know how long Mussolini will last, but Fascism shall last longer. ... I will leave to Italy the institution of Fascism established on solid grounds-an historic institution. . . . The youth of Italy shall...
...begin by taking his bearings. Therefore the first column and a half cabled by Mr. James was a bright, bedtimish story about Italia Bella, no longer famed lioness with which Il Duce was once wont to pose and gambol publicly (TIME, Dec. 27, 1926). Moral of the tale: Signer Mussolini is now so unshakably in power that he no longer needs to bolster up the legend of his invincibility by posing in a lion's cage...
...firmly taken, Correspondent James proceeded to shed light on the recent acrimonious exchange of speeches between Pope Pius XI and Il Duce, as to whether the Church or State shall predominate in educating Italian Youth. Mr. James significantly revealed that in the course of smoothing down this quarrel, Signor Mussolini has agreed that the Fascist Youth organizations shall hereafter receive spiritual training under the auspices of the Church, while all other instruction shall continue lay and Fascist...
...telling contrast to these blatancies, came news that Signor Mussolini was unusually active last week in participating in a series of quiet conferences with visiting foreign statesmen, which began when he received Turkish Foreign Minister Tewfik Rushdi Bey in Milan (TIME, April 16). Further august visitors received last week were Prime Minister Count Bethlen of Hungary, Foreign Minister August Zaleski of Poland, Foreign Minister Andrew Michalapoulos of Greece, and German Finance Minister Dr. Heinrich Koehler...