RUMANIA: Help from Italy

Vintila Bratiano, Rumanian Minister of Finance, made a visit to Rome. He interviewed Benito Mussolini, Italy's all-powerful Premier, and to Mussolini the Balkan statesman outlined a little plan. The Rumanian Government intended to carry out a large program of economic reconstruction. Would Italy help? If so, Italian financiers were cordially invited to exploit the country's natural resources. Special arrangements would be made to favor the entry of Italian workmen to Rumania.

Benito was quite tickled with the Rumanian scheme and instructed the Minister of Industries to speedily conclude an economic agreement....

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