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...chastened mood Anthony Eden went back to Geneva, leaving his little son Nicholas to act as page at his sister-in-law's wedding. At the same time Ethiopia's Minister to London, Dr. Azaj Wargnek Martin, suddenly found it impossible to obtain further British credits to buy munitions...
Just before leaving Geneva for London Foreign Minister Eden had swallowed a bitter pill. The basis of his case against Italy was the use of poison gas against unprotected villages. Most of this evidence was in the hands of the International Red Cross. Somebody, French or Italian, had evidently reached the ear of Swiss Max Huber, president of the International Red Cross, which suddenly refused to present its evidence to the League of Nations' Committee of Thirteen. In a pouring rain Anthony Eden went for a long walk in Geneva's Mon Repos Park, stood for a long...
Aloisi's Triumph, If it was a bad week for Anthony Eden, it was a glorious week for Il Duce's faithful Geneva delegate, Baron Pompeo Aloisi. The ears of this onetime naval officer have burned for months with bitter messages from his boss over his failure to halt the application of League sanctions. The belated success of Italy's armies in Africa did the Baron no good, but last week he was in a position to crow, and he took full advantage...
Helpful Joseph. The only bright spot in Anthony Eden's bitter week was the presence of a new French delegate. Hulking, outspoken Foreign Minister Flandin had to stay in France to do a little belated campaigning for the coming parliamentary elections. To take his place, he sent a predecessor in France's Foreign Office, silver-thatched, quick-witted Joseph Paul-Boncour. One of the smartest trial lawyers in France, he is much more sympathetic personally to Anthony Eden than Foreign Minister Flandin is. Puffing nervously at a cigaret, talking with pale fluttery fingers, M. Paul-Boncour explained France...
Odds were increasing that the French elections would swing to the Left, which would probably mean that he, Joseph Paul-Boncour, would go back as French Foreign Minister. He personally was entirely in favor of an oil ban on Italy, or anything else that his good friend Eden would suggest, but his constituents were...