THE MUSSOLINI WAY
" Signor Mussolini lias played the game too long. Neither side now trusts his word for a moment, and as a result he is finding that a hint, an article in a paper, is no longcr enough to have any effect", he is asked instead for pro'of. Britain and Prance sxvc no longer impressed by a promise not to send more troops to Spain ; they will believe him only when they see the troops that are already there taken out of Spain. But there is also another drawback. If no one can trust Italy it is also true that Italy can trust no oue. It is one thing for Mussolini to tantalisc Germany with the prospect of his support in case of war, but it is quite another to risk war without the certainty of any support, and that is what he is at preoent doing. He is apparently committed to an adventure in Spain and the Mediterranean which, if he goes on with it, will brmg him into conflict with France and Britain. Yet he cannot rely on Gerrnan aid in that event, and without Gennany ha wottld b§ Iflpt"— Matir.heatev Guardian.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 74, 20 December 1937, Page 6
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195THE MUSSOLINI WAY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 74, 20 December 1937, Page 6
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