MINISTERS RESIGN

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 18, 21 July 1932, Page 11

MINISTERS RESIGN

MUSSOLINI'S NEW BROOM

GRANDI AMONG FALLESC

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The news followed a minor sensatiom caused by a decree establishing Govern* ment control of the Stock Exchange, en« abling the new. Minister of Finance t« eramine any Stock Exchange transact tions involving the transfer, of stock. It is officially explained that the re«: signations are due to Signor Mussolini* scheme for periodical changes to pro* vide new men with opportunities, but it is rumoured that the failure of Signor Grandi and Dr. Mosconi to secure a. i '.'clean slate" at Lausanne disappointed Signor Mussolini. Signor Grandi'S re* signation has been whispered "about since his return. - .

The removal of Signor Dino Grand! from his post as Minister of .Foreign Affairs is a groat surprise. ; It, is only; a few months since he visited the* United States and conferred- with Prei suLent Hoover, his welcome in Bonie oa* his return being compared to ' tha riumphs which greeted Julius Caesar. What Signor Grandi accomplished ia' the. United States haß not been, revealed, but the impression was that h« had aligned the American GoVernineftfc' behind Italy, and informed opinion held that this alignment related to .disarmament. Signor Grandi is only ,37 years old, so ho is scarcely of the age to be culled to make way for youth. He was 3.v early recruit to Fascism and became one of itsi acknowledged orator* and leaders. With the triumph of the party he was appointed its secretary and soon 'afterwards was vice-president of the Chamber. He entered the Ministry in May, 1925, becoming Under*. Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In' 1029, when Mussolini relinquished six of the seven portfolios faj held, Foreign Afr» fairs went to Graudi. fie has been an. especial favourite with Mussolini and has been abroad,'on a number of missions for his chief. In 1928 he was.*! delegate to the .League Conference at Lugano. Then he went off. to Angora and Athens to mediate in tho'GroeoTurkish dispute over Thrace. His visit!' to Tirana in 1929 was tnade the occasion for a special review of King Zog*« troops. After leaving Albania, Grandi went to Budapest and Warsaw. He afr» tended the Council of the League ak Italy's first delegate and represented her, a.t the Naval Conference in London, in the United States on the "occasion mentionod abovo, and at the Disarmament Conference at Lausanne. >"* '