The Seven Pillars
"HE Fascist regime in Italy rests
the Duce, but under him there are seven lieutenants who have passed from office to office, seven men who compose the orchestra and lead the dance which keeps the country breathless.
Of Fascism
Balbo was a friend of Mussolini resisted
and was the only one who could opinion. Galenzzo
stand up to him.
First of all, Count Ciano, Mussolini's chosen succes- sor, the "magnificent son-in-law." He was born at Livorno in
the assaults of
public
He is tired, after fourteen years of formidable work, and is dream- leaving ing of retiring to the country; his responsibilities to His favourite lieutenant, Com- mander Schiavo,
The Duce loves to change his 1903. Ministers and His father Costanzo Clano was a know when they are going to he the latter nevar follower of Mussolini's from the sacked or given another post. first, but at the time of the march on Rome, Galeazzo was a young In 1933 Balbo was made Gov- man more taken up with girls and ernor of Libya. In this capacity he his tailor than with politics.
Achille, Starace, until recently He dabbled in journalism but no one land into a model
did fine work in transforming the General Secretary of the Fascist: took him seriously.
colony, He tried the
His Party, is a member of the Council · theatre and wrote two little plays
of Ministers and of the Council of Pascism. which were never presented,
His father Costanzo, to whom the Duce could refuse nothing, pushed him into a diplomatic ear- eer. He was sent to Rio de Janeiro as a young attache. In 1929, after the Treaty of Latern, he was see- retary in the Halian Embassy at the Vatican. But it was in 1930 that the handsome young 1712021 made the best coup of his life he married Edda Mussolini. After the marriage,
celebrated with unheard-of pump-it is said that the Duce gave his daughter a present of eight million lire the couple was sent to Asia. Gal Pazzo was Consul
By Emmanuel D'Astier
reputation was such that he was pularly regarded as Mussolini's
SUCCESSOF.
He was born at Gallipol in 1889 and carries his fifty-one- years well. He is servile 10 Mussolini and bullying with hum- bler folk. He is not at all popu- lar.
He distinguished himself in the war of 1914-18, wing several Perhaps that is why he died in medals. After the Armistice, the a mysterious actuplane accident Fascist vonture tempted him.
last year.
He organised the first unions in Grandi, Mussolini's
And now we Comme lo Dino southern Italy and attracted the very influential. In the beginning became Vice-General Secretary of friend and notice of Mussolini. In 1921 he he was antagonistic to Mussolini the Fascist Party. He took part at Shanghai, but at the Congress of Rome then, in 1933, Minister in China. 1921 a reconciliation was brought was
in in several punitive aperations and But Eddu, more ambitious, ublain- about.
culled upon to destroy by ed the recall of her husband; he
violence the organisations of the was aumed delegate to the Econo-
Left. In this task he showed bim- mic Conference in London; thun
self a cruel man, a one hundred he became chief at the Press Bur- Rome, Grandi took an active part per cent. Fascist, always ready for cau and President of the Commeil, in the movement. After holding a fray. He became general secre- Then came the war in Ethopia various governmental posts he be tary of the party after the disgrace for the sake of his prestige came Minister of Foreign Affairs and dismissal of his predecessor. Cano took part.
in 1930.
Augusto Tuath, in 1931.
On his return from Africa
In
At the time of the march
on
In 1934, he was appointed Am- 1936 he was named Minister of hassador to London, which posis Foreign Allan, the youngest tion he held for some time. Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Work.
of Fenima.
Ever smce November, 1936. Arturo Bocchini has been the
and
Evacuated mothers and children leaving a London school for the railway station. (Copyright, Fox).
لامة
bus
the Duce: moderately intelligent, only for the writing of polenues
Starace as the type that pleases dislikes him and now uses him spits upon the French,
Gayda writes the leading art.- a demon for work, a meticulous in his organ Regime Fascista ele in the Giornale d'Italia every executor of orders, cireumspect,
day and on Sundays the whole of Virginio Gayda, born in Rome a special edition. Americans have Italo Balbo, Lieutenant No
Roberto Farmace ranged hum g supreme and all-powerful chief of self on the Duce's side soon after partisan from the begining.
in August, 1885, was Fascist calculated that he produces 500.- was born in 1896 m từ proximed the Italiım Police,
Every morn- the war
000 words a year.
He takes organused Fascist During the war be a he feels the pulses of Halian squads in the valley of the Po.
It was in 1926 that he became orders from Ciano. fought Valiantly: physical courage life and takes mesures to ensure
drector of the Giornale d'Italia Sometimes it happens that Mas his out-tanding; quality.
the physical and moral invulner-
and made himself notable for his Ciano's orders do rest conform ability of the Duce. He never las
After the march on Rome, as a hatred of the Germans and After the seizure
the with Mussolmi's of
wishes, Then Balbo was named Commandant-
holiday.
recompense for all his services, he Serbs After the reversal of the Gayda, who has already written was made an advocate and General of the Fascist militia thot
Mussoliman policy on the subject an article in accordance with in- Bocent's astounding creation, order to enable him to practise his of Yugoslavia and the rest, Gayda, structions from the Chigi Palace Mussolim had just created. From the O V.R.A. (Organisation for profession, he was allowed to pass who is only a very humble ser- hastens with sweat on his brow to 1929 to 1933, he was Air Minister Vigilance and the Repression
of all the examinations before and brought into being the aerial Anti-Fascismni is the backbone of specially called commission.
avant of the pen at the orders of change it from top to bottom in the master, turned his coat and accordance with the wishes of the army of which Italy IS so very the regime. Without it the dicta- However, his air of being indis- now he adores Serbs and Germans Venice Palace. Le is blindly sub- proud.
torship could probably not have pensable annoys Mussolini who whom he formerly villfied, and missive and acepts everything.
power.
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