With typical League of Nations tact, Carlo, the League's Italian bartender at Geneva, has always kept all bottles of intoxicants under his counter so as not to offend the eyes of dry delegates. A Carlo specialty is pound cake. He serves tea to Titulescu, orangeade to Litvinoff, whiskey & splash to Eden, all with equal cheerfulness. Last month Benito Mussolini announced Italy's resignation from the League. That resignation does not become effective till December 1939, but by last week II Duce's pressure had become too much for Carlo. Crestfallen he gave up his...
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