Word: salvemini
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Indignation at the sensational headlines printed by the Boston papers this week announcing the complete collapse of Benito Mussolini, was expressed by Professor Gaetano Salvemini, former Italian citizen and bitter enemy of Fascism since the march on Rome...
Stating that the source for the information, given by the Boston papers was vague and entirely unreliable, Professor Salvemini stressed that, these reports notwithstanding, there are reasonable grounds for the belief that the Italian dictator actually is in a state of complete prostration...
General Von Mackensen, the German Ambassador to Italy is the actual ruler of the country, Salvemini claimed. He supplants the monarch, and the falling predominance of German armed might dictator in the control of national affairs...
...Salvemini feels, however, that the prevents the outbreak of revolution in Italy. "A serious military reverse must precedes any revolution, since under any other conditions German legions would kill all revolutionary attempts...
There but three alternatives for the post-war Italian government, Professor Salvemini advised. "The first is the continued domination of the royalty. This is disastrous since the liberal opposition, rather than accept this rule, would allow a free hand to a Communist upheaval, the second possibility. The third, and most acceptable, is the creation of a democratic republic...