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...story of Prime Minister Mussolini's streaking heedlessly on after running down a small child with his raceabout (TIME, Feb. 9)-had "caused embarrassment to the Government." He had understood, he said, that his talk would be "confined to the limits of the four walls." Instead of court-martial, the Navy Department then decided to administer this small slice of humble pie: ''You are informed . . . that the Navy Department cannot express too clearly its disapproval of the conduct of any officer of the naval establishment in making remarks which tend to embarrass the international relations...
...approaching court-martial of Major General Smedley D. Butler for his criticism of Premier Mussolini might appear questionable expediency from the layman's point of view, however imperative it may be for the Navy Department to carry out the formalities of necessary routine...
...general trend of American sympathy has so far been drawn toward Major General Butler and numerous petitions have been sent to President Hoover demanding clemency. Nevertheless, there are undoubtedly formalities of international ethics which the Navy Department is forced to respect, and the court martial may be purely a matter of naval routine. Whatever the circumstances, the best one can wish for is a speedy termination of an affair, which will add nothing to the cause of under-standing among nations in a world where indiscreet statements are often the cause of uncalled for ill-feeling...
...find Ralph Forbes and bring him back to Loretta Young. He gets to him just in time, for Forbes is dying in a desert grain pit. Beau Ideal's swaggering Legionnaires will delight only those who thought Beau Geste was the best picture ever made. Best shot : court-martial of Ralph Forbes...
...first time since the War, foreign consuls in socialistic Hamburg wore diplomatic uniforms at a Bolivar ceremony in the Rathaus, were told that similar ceremonies were going on at the same time in Paris, Rome, Brussels. Spain. With an insidious revolution gnawing at his throne, all Spain under martial law, Alfonso XIII celebrated Bolivar Day in Madrid by riding in an open carriage under a skeleton guard to attend the memorial mass at the Church of San Francisco...