Where shirts are black and blood runs hot, challenges to mortal combat are by no means out of fashion. But enlightened Italian society does not impugn a man of high station if, in the rush of affairs, he finds it more convenient to surrender his duelling privileges to some staunch friend.
In one General Balbo, Premier Benito has such a friend. Oft and again some hothead will call Benito out for one thing or another. Last week it was General Peppino Garibaldi, fiery little grandson of the Liberator. Rebuked for criticizing the conduct...
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