Potent though they are in Western Europe, neither Benito Mussolini nor Adolf Hitler who backslapped each other last week in Venice (see p. 16) has smashed a dynasty or made himself supreme to the extent of being able to have his personal enemies hanged at their own doorposts with no questions asked. Last week the Near East waited round-eyed for the conjunction of two such dynasty smashers.
Out of Persia sped a motorcade with Riza Shah Pahlevi. onetime Cossack trooper, riding as King of Kings in a limousine upholstered in champagne-colored silk with gold...
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