Reports of a rift in the Berlin-Rome Axis, of dissension within the Axis countries, came last week from so many sources that they took on an aspect of credibility.
German forces were reported massing at the Brenner Pass. Italy was said to be withdrawing troops from the Rumanian-Russian Front and fortifying the Brenner. Italian peasants who watched the fortifications being built called them the ligna non mi fido (I-have-no-faith line).
Crumbling Italy. Three weeks ago New York Times Correspondent Herbert L. Matthews sent a dispatch to his paper commenting on stringent rationing of...
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