Word: rome
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Madrid's morale has never been questioned. As Salamanca last week formally celebrated the 15th anniversary of Benito Mussolini's March on Rome, so last week Madrid celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Later the shell-pocked city had a celebration of its own to mark the first anniversary of its siege. Proudly wrote the Leftist daily, Informaciones: "Madrid has fulfilled its promise. They have not passed...
...Parties, which promotes the "World Revolution of the World Proletariat" (TIME, Nov. 30). This treaty is carefully drawn so that technically it is not directed against Russia, and for that matter Russia is not technically behind the Comintern-these two transparent subterfuges nicely balancing each other. Last week in Rome, while Moscow was celebrating Bolshevism's 20th birthday as a State (see above), a peculiar ceremony was performed. It did not suit II Duce simply to bring Italy into the anti-Comin-tern Pact of Germany and Japan under the clause which permits any country to join them...
...balked completely at adopting the plan the others were ready to adopt, and dispatches excitedly rumored that at this point Britain, France, Germany and Italy would act in the spirit of their Four-Power Pact signed in 1933 and settle the question without Russia. Just arrived in London from Rome, where he had conferred at length with Premier Mussolini, was the German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop, chief confidant of the Führer on foreign affairs. He surprised the Nonintervention Committee by declaring that Germany demanded it act in unanimity-that is, fail to act if Russia continued to balk...
...months later, Dr. McGlynn willingly made the visit to Rome which previously had been demanded in vain. He had a friendly talk with Leo XIII, remarked that he could not stay long in Rome, to which the Pope calmly replied: "As you tell of your necessities, I of course cannot oppose your wishes...
...Rome, Cardinal Simeoni, head of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, with jurisdiction over the U. S. which was still a missionary land,† heard of Father McGlynn, condemned his views and summoned him to the Vatican to account for them. Rebel McGlynn ignored the summons (and three later ones), was accordingly ordered excommunicated in 1887. For five years the priest, a devout Catholic, was unable to say or attend mass, was faced with the prospect, unless he recanted, of ending his days without the ministrations of the Church. But a substantial body of Catholics, clergy as well as laity, remained...