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...made II Duce's conquest of Ethiopia look like the proverbial theft of confections from an infant...
...Tokyo, meanwhile, Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita quietly slipped over Japan's recognition of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, figuring that last week the British certainly would not notice. In Tokyo an individual carrying dynamite, a razor-edged spear and a fistful of petitions confessed: "For three days I have been try ing to kill the Premier." Simultaneously in Japanese political circles the more or less gagged Parliament was reported so restive at the risks the Cabinet is running with its pro-German and pro-Italian pacts (TIME. Dec. 7) and its seizure of Tsingtao, that Japan...
...among the American nations has been consistently smoothed during the past two administrations. Dollar diplomacy and a threatening "big stick" attitude on the part of the United States have been discarded as unprofitable, fortunately for both continents. The voyage to Buenos Aires, it may be hoped, will signalize the conquest of the last vestige of hate and distrust which South and Central American countries still harbor as the result of the traditional aggressiveness of their "big brother...
...return for Austrian and Hungarian recognition of the Ethiopian conquest, Count Ciano promised them a part in economic exploitation of the Empire. Il Duce was in a mood so generous that Austria was further compensated for the loss to her exporters inherent in Italy's devaluation of her currency (TIME, Oct. 12). Compensation was offered in the form of lowering Italian tariffs on items figuring largely in the exports of Austria...
...permanent peace have been shattered in the chill dawn of reality. For with Spain in flames and the rest of Europe an armed camp, the ideals for which America fought have been dashed to the ground, and the question in men's minds is not of celebration of conquest, but of keeping out of another catastrophe...