Word: salvemini
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think anything will come out of it," was the reaction of Gaetano Salvemini, Lauro de Bosis Lecturer on the History of Italian Civilization, to Adolf Hitler's present visit with Mussolini. "It is merely a gesture," he declared...
...Salvemini, noted as an opponent of the Fascist regime in Italy, pointed out that half a billion lire, or $25,000,000 has been spent to entertain Der Feuhrer. "Mussolini wants to make a big show," he said, revealing that the Rome-Berlin axis has been unpopular in Italy for some time, even among members of the Fascist Party. He said that it was his belief that most of the real treaty-making and bickering had been done before Hitler's visit, or will be done now that he has departed...
Evidence of Hitler's surprising of Italian governmental circles by his coup in Austria was demonstrated in the Fascist newsorgans, Dr. Salvemini said, showing that when Chancellor Kurt Schussnig returned from his famous showdown with the German dictator, only to make a strong anti-Anschluss speech, the Italian newspapers printed the Austrian leader's inflammatory words on their front pages and editorially commented favorably on his declarations...
Convincing evidence that Mussolini has decided to give Hitler a free hand in Czechoslovakia is also borne out by newspaper items, according to Dr. Salvemini, for Fascist papers have now been ordered to publish anti-Czech articles...
...Salvemini charged that the British government has adopted a policy of armed neutrality so as to best protect its own imperial interests when a war between Russia and Germany breaks out. "Hence the calculated ambiguities of the British government, aimed at deceiving, not Hitler, but the British electorate," he stated...