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.. [L DUCE MAY RELAX Mussolini (Continued From First Page.) No, war is . sume a defeatist attitude. not inevitable. We shall do all in our power to forestall it. Certainly Italy will not be held responsible if war un- fortunately comes in spite of all our endeavors for peace.” I interrupted him by saying that both England and America emphasized that their respective armaments were for peace preservation. The Duce’s eyes suddenly sparkled. Hitier-Mussolini Parley on Buffer State Reported Scheduled May 4. By the Assoclated Press. “No,” he said. “No armaments on VENICE, April 21.—Diplomatic cir- | so great a scale can be for peace. They cles today considered the possibility |are for war. The Fascists are just as Premier Mussolini might permit Ger- | solicitous for peace as any one else, many a free hand toward Austria on |but they decline to be hypocrites. the eve of an important coneference | They are frank enough to admit that between Il Duce and Chancellor Kurt | their armament is for the eventualities Schuschnigg on the delicate position |of war. The platitudinous pacifism of occupied by the little nation between | the so-called democracies should de- its two powerful neighbors. ceive no intelligent man. Italy is Reports heard with increasing fre- | arming only because this is an imper- quency in Rome that Mussolini | ative duty in the face of the great planned to see Reichsfuehrer Adolf [ armaments which other nations are Hitler after his meeting here with | building up.” the Austrian chancellor were given a new impetus by a source close to the Reichschancellery in Berlin. Although official confirmation was lacking in either capital, the Berlin #ource said Il Duce was scheduled to visit Hitler at the German Fuehrer's Bavarian home May 4 Diplomats accredited to Italy for gome time have had the impression that Mussolini, formerly the champion of Austria, was now working so closely hand in hand with Hitler that he was considering the possibility of relaxing Italian vigilance against any German infiltration in Austria A section of opinion in North Italy | has always been in favor of an anschluss between Austria and Ger- many, although Mussolini's govern- ment has heretofore been officially op- posed to it (When Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss of Austria was assassinated by Nazi putschists in Vienna in July of 1934, Italy held 75,000 soldiers near the Austrian border to guard against any military move from Germany. At that time, Il Duce and Hitler were under | I reminded the Duce that his re- an agreement to let Austria work out | ¢ent Libya speech, pledging Italy's her own destiny. Since then Italy and | {riendship to the Moslems of the Germany have moved much closer to- | World, caused Great Britain much ap- gether.) prehension. Schuschnigg, diplomats believe, is | “That speech,” he explained, “need ready for a showdown of Mussolini’s worry no nation. Italy’s colonial de- real opinion on the future of his coun- | sire has been satisfied through the try. annexation of Ethiopia, & vast country Dilemma Confronts League. I said that the fundamental cause of world unrest today seemed to lie in the inequitable distribution of land and natural resources, and asked if the Duce thought the necessary re- adjustment possible through the Peaceable intercession of some such organization as the League of Nations. Again his eyes flashed. He lifted his hand as if in protest. “Where is the League of Nations?” he de- manded. He went on: “The League is confronted by a dilemma. Either it must fundamentally reform itself or it must perish. Since it is impos- sible for the League to reform itself, it shall die. Italy has a long memory, We shall never forget that the League, by diabolical methods, organized an | inhuman siege against us and tried to starve our men, women and chil- dren. The League is not founded upon justice. It cannot be entrusted with such a humanitarian task as the Just distribution of land and natural resources.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, B 0 NESDAY, APRIL 21, 193 with great possibilities. Its develop- ment requires much time, energy and capital. It will keep us busy for years to come. Italy desires to co- operate with all the nations which have colonies in Africa. I am ready for friendly settlement with Great Britain in regard to her African ter- ritories adjoining ours, namely, Kenya and the Sudan.” No Territory From Spain. “England snd France seem to he afraid that Italy migkt obtaln terri- torial concessions from Spain as a price of her help to Gen. Franco,” I said. “That is nonsense,” the Duce re- torted. “We have not asked and shall never ask Gen. Franco for anything of that nature. Italy has done nothing and will do nothing that will infringe Spain’s territorial integrity. The Italian volunteers, whose number has been exaggeratedly reported, will come home as soon as agreement is reached for the removal of volunteers of other nationalities, who are far more numer- ous than Italian volunteers. Further- more, Italy has no intention of inter- fering with Spain's internal affairs after the civil war has come to an end.” I-asked whether the Mediterranean interests of Italy came in conflict with those of Great Britain. Mussolini replied: “If the Mediter- ranean Sea is a highway for other nations, it is life for Italy. We have repeatedly stated that we do not in- tend to menace that highway. We say, however, that our rights and our vital interests in the Mediterranean must be respected by other nations. If any nation schemes to close that sea to suffocate and starve our people, then we shall spring to our feet as one man, ready for titantic struggle with a determination unprecedented in history.” | Then I ventured upon hazardous ground, saying: “The Japanese are a | sensitive people. They were deeply | hurt when your excellency warned the world against Japan as the yellow peril. Yet they welcome any frank | but friendly criticism. Would you tell me frankly what is the matter With | the Japanese?” “World Has Changed.” T expected him to resent the ques- | tion as impudent and insolent. In- stead, he closed his eyes for a moment. { “Nothing 1is immutable,” he sald philosophically. “The world has | changed, times are different. Tell your people that I have nothing but the | friendliest feeling and the greatest admiration for them and their coun- try.” Finally I asked if Italy felt the menace of communism, and whether she would join with Japan and Ger- many in an anti-communist bloc. The Duce replied: “Not Italy alone, but all Europe feels the menace. If we had not fought and conquered com- munism in our midst, where would Italy have been today? Look at Spain. What would become of her if the forces of righteousness were to fail? No, they shall not fail. We cannot afford to let them fail. As to whether Italy will join the German-Japanese understanding against communism, it is not as yet time for us to consider the matter. We shall cross the bridge when we come to it.” I thanked him for his generosity in glving me so much of his time. He walked with me to the door across the vast marble floor, and shook my hand cordially, saying, “Good-by.” As I emerged from Palazzo Venezia and surveyed that somber structure, I could not help noticing its striking re- semblance to Hitler's newly elected official mansion in Berlin. Is the re- semblance merely accidental, or did Hitler's architect attempt to imitate Palazzo Venezia? Significantly, how- ever, the similarity is only external. Internally, the chancellery is color~ fully modernistic while the Palazzo is serenely classic. Perhaps the exterior similarity and the interfor dissim= ilarity of the two mansions are sug- gestive of the nature of friendship now existing between Duce and Fuehrer. (Copyright, 1937, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) 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