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Impressive indeed was the way in which devious Benito Mussolini meanwhile made himself the patron saint of a Balkan peace bloc. Hungary, which is geographically in Germany's sphere, swung back politically into Italy's (where she was before Anschluss). Foreign Minister Count Stephen Csaky was received by Count Ciano in Venice and last week Premier Count Paul Teleki was made to feel very happy in Rome-even though Benito Mussolini told him Hungary must not dream of getting Transylvania from Rumania until war's end. An Italian economic mission showed up in every Southeastern European country...
...French war work of the Duchess of Windsor and Lady Mendl: Les Colis de Trianon Versailles (packages and knitting for French soldiers; workroom in John Wanamaker's department store, second floor). The late John D. Rockefeller's heiress (granddaughter), the Marchioness de Cuevas, is a patron for Mrs. David Randall MacIver's American Association for Assistance to French Artists. The Committee of Mercy, Inc., founded in 1914 by the late Elihu Root and August Belmont, has been revived. It helps both French and British civilians with money spent through seven subcommittees. So far raised...
...Cameron Forbes '92, patron saint of Harvard polo, yesterday presented his playing field, stables, grandstand, and clubhouse, which are located in Westwood, to the Harvard polo team...
Because the Chinese Government has declared Confucius a national rather than a religious hero, the Vatican gave its missionaries and faithful (3,000,000 Chinese) per mission to join in ceremonial rites honoring the patron saint of China's State religion...
...Atonement today has 2,400 members, most of them mission aries. But it is best known for its retreat on the Hill of Atonement, at Graymoor, near Garrison, N. Y., to which homeless or troubled men of all faiths may go. Every guest is called Brother Christopher (for the patron saint of wayfarers) . The Broth ers Christopher, who have included arti sans of all kinds, built most of the buildings on the hill. St. Christopher's Inn, housing 200 men, has become too small, is to have a five-story addition. Last year the friars handed...