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...Gayda later backed down). ¶ Telegrafo, Count Galeazzo Ciano's newspaper, said that with the elimination of France from the field of battle, Italy and Germany would annihilate Great Britain "The second phase of the war." This declaration led to the supposition that II Duce would wait for the end of the Battle of France before plunging. Why did he not wait? Why did he stride out on the Palazzo Venezia balcony and make his sententious announcement (see p. 20) just when he did? II Duce gave no indication in his speech of the reason for his timing...
Hungary began censoring outgoing postal, telephone and telegraph traffic. Yugoslavia, having sent 120,000 reservists ._ ne, recalled them. Prime Minister Cvetkovitch formed a National Cabinet. Chinese reported a Japanese plan to take Shanghai. Russia enigmatically exchanged Ambassadors with Italy while rushing heavy motorized forces into Lithuania. Immediately after II Duce's speech, Turkey's President Ismet Inonii, Premier Dr. Refik Saydam and Foreign Minister Sukrii Saracoglu consulted with the Allied Ambassadors. All Turkish military leaves were canceled. Turkey, bound by mutual assistance pacts to the Allies in case of any aggression in the Mediterranean area, announced she would...
...have been sincere when he swore the Sudetenland was his last territorial desire in Europe. The nations of the world last week were stuffed with tinder. By entering the war as Germany's first ally, Benito Mussolini struck a fateful match. Whatever the immediate result of II Duce's participation, the long-range danger was that no man knew how far the fires of war would spread...
...Duce was too busy even to receive another peace plea from President Roosevelt. His Army was already in the field, under its two commanders, Crown Prince Umberto and General Rodolfo Graziani...
...Italian trade almost got the biggest boost yet-on U. S. initiative. Ambassador to Italy William Phillips, on orders from the White House, offered Mussolini a desperate bribe to stay out of the war: a treaty of friendship, a trade agreement, new credits. Such appeasement must have flattered Il Duce. Nevertheless, Il Duce refused. Meanwhile parallel British appeasement feelers, equally fruitless, resulted in a temporary easing of contraband inspection of Italian vessels passing Gibraltar. Last week Italy made hay while the sun still shone...