MUSSOLINI

Grey River Argus, 11 April 1928, Page 5

MUSSOLINI

“MAN OF THE HOUR” In European Politics (Received April 10 at 11.10 p.m.j LONDON, April IG. lhe Daily Chronicle’s Rome correspondent says:—Ail diplomatic roads now lead to Rome. tSiguor Mussolini is about to receive Al. Bcthfcn, the Hungarian Prime Minister, also M. Zaleski, M. Michalacoboulos, , nud Rushay Bey, the Polish, Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers respectively, also Herr Koehler (German Finance Minister). Signor Mussolini also has Juid con versations with the Jugo-Slav and Roumanian Ministers, making it evident' that he (Signor Mussolini) is engaged in an oft’ciiisivc against the Little Entente, An agreement with Poland would strengthen Signor Mus •olini’s position, as h e has already won over Hungary to his Balkan view point. He would then be able to deal with Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia at leisure. The relations between Jugoslavia anil Italy, moreover. ar e much better ai the result of exchanges of views.

Signor Mussolini later on hopes: tn solve the Tangier Tunis problem. LONDON, Apri;l 8.

Italy is the Mediterranean Powe? par excellence, says the newspaper ‘Popolo Di Italia,” in explaining Signor Mussolini’s Easter meetings with the Turkish and Greek Foreign Minis tera. Mussolini’s only idea was to timpreas them that Italy’s policy in the Levant is peaceful, and that she desired co operation. Th e paper points out that certain Powers wished to embroil the Mediterranean for illegitimate objects, but Italy, which had established cordial relations with Spain, now seeks to cooperate with Turkey and Greece. ’The paper stales that Italy and Turkey understand each other. Each jiossesses a great heroic chief. Tho meeting dispose® of the myth that Italy has aggressive designs against Turkey. She is also working to si'hstitute a Graeco Turkish entent e for age-long antagonisms.