ITALY: Soup and Snap

Il Duce was reported as chuckling in Rome last week over the following whimsical tribute to his acumen in the Liberal Manchester Guardian, most genteel of Fascist-baiters:

"Not the smallest factor in the success of Mussolini has been that kind of common sense demonstrated by an event at the Italian maneuvers. Mussolini was making some inspection and was about to drink a spoonful of the soup prepared for the troops when he saw a photographer about to 'snap' him. He stopped and cried imperiously 'I will NOT be...

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