Twenty-four hours after he had signed the political and commercial pacts with Austria and Hungary (see p. 14). Premier Benito Mussolini stepped forward on the stage of Rome's Opera House, gave the Fascist salute to an audience of 4,000 of Italy's head men and launched into one of his most boastful speeches. Excerpts: "In this age of plans, I want to lay before you a plan, not for five years or ten years, but for 60 years, carrying on to the 21st Century, at which time Italy will have the primacy of...
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