EASING BURDEN.
Mussolini Relinquishes Three Portfolios. SON-IN-LAW NOW IN CABINET. (Received 1 p.m.) ROME, June 9. A significant . Cabinet reshuffle is interpreted as foreshadowing constitutional alterations, giving greater power to Ministers and reducing Signor Mussolini's responsibilities. II Duce has divested himself of the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, Colonies and Corporations.
These go respectively to Count Ciano, his son-in-law, Signor Lessons and Signor Lantini, while Signor Basliannini becomes Foreign Under-Secretary in succession to Signor Suvich, who unexpectedly resigned, securing laudatory tributes from Signor Mussolini for his services.
Signor Mussolini will retain the positions of "Prime Minister, Chief of the Government, Minister of the Interior, of War, of the Navy, and of the Air.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1936, Page 7
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