Word: wiredness
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Hearing this, it was said that Prime Minister Benito Mussuloni of Italy had forthwith wired to Prince Carol offering him asylum on Italian soil, the inference of course being that Italy's aspirations in the Balkans would benefit if Carol were recalled to Rumania as King.
Meantime, news came from the royal palace that the new Belgian princess would be named Josephine Charlotte Ingeborg Elizabeth Marie Jose Marguerite Astrid. King Albert is to be godfather and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, godmother. Foreign rulers, including the Pope, wired congratulations.
King Vittorio Emanuele, hearing of the advent of a baby Duce, wired his "cousin"* his warm congratulations, as did Pope Pius through his Secretary of State, Cardinal Gasparri.
Far away in Doorn the ex-Kaiser, too, bethought him of the Battle of Tannenberg and recalled that if Hindenberg and Ludendorff were its heroes, it was only because he had sent them there. With magnificent effrontery he wired the President of the German Republic:
Wired II Duce to Signer Morigi: "I send you my good wishes. Through your sacrifice the Fascist of Ravenna will become ever stronger."