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In Europe Edition
THE WAYNES V1LLE MOUNTAINEER
invaded Ethio
I 'of 1935. Haile
; bb . helpless little
V! future seemed as
w"u ... -...mDlexions of
Scared with remark-
iceb a" ,,.. n some
fr1 rrJu settle its
sfrt-
, ,he last penny.
;t.. ,, the dynamic
L Mystic braggart, the
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P haek.e Em
V , 11. .v ; Ozvman-
a turupi- "" .
vanltv and avarice,
ami barbarism, injustice
j t. Hal t' oi"'w"-
,,' throne in Addis
i' 11,, mill Mussolini
w 01 "V ,,.
. 5firk 1 ut n it nu
;o ;,nlin for all time an
ysuii to me
o( t,i. worm; "' -'m--
, in maiiKnm m u.oi...-
I- i...t ....ion thi
hcncrfortli
article and me
' c lOlH hlllff!
itneen sri-ann."
leadership an" upui-
history
e of 'Sawdust Caesar'
ded by Partisan Bullets
Desert Commander
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May Krpeat
tCSS there win oe many
t, the future when me cou
;vWh save rise to Fascism
USSollIU WIH COIlie nfcaiii.
m peoples win iooh
siriMii; men" to extricate
rom chaos and the fruits
L- own blundering. Over
fr again since the dawn of
Ihey have done so. It they
U Mussolini, they may
a bit lunger before they
isolule power to any incn-
Itiry may exercise more
following a leader.
the beginning to the end.
ty ol iMussoiuii is a siui
He built good roads in
He made I he trams run
lie put more cakes in the
windows, lie raised Ca-
ships from the bottom of
But essentially Mussolini
.mcltist Caesar", to borrow
Seldcs' classic phrase a
i,in egotist who suusuiuica
d cruelty for strength and
Frederick the Great
The successful campaign in Africa
placed General Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery as an outstanding Allied
commander. He was early placrrl
econd in command to General
Eisenhower in the European Inva
sion strategy.
as in Germany. For 21 years Mus
solini and Fascism stood at the
head of Italy as fraudulent as the
Potcmkin buildings of Catherine's
Russia, which, like movie sets,
contained nothing but barren seal
folding behind their imposing
front walls.
That i.s not meant to imply that
there was anything slight or lu
dicrous in the suffering Mussolini
imposed upon the unfortunate
people of Italy. His power was
built upon sand, but the misery
of his subjects was none the less'
intense for that. His pride knew
neither compassion nor mercy. Ho
crushed whatever appeared to
stand in the way of the aggran
dizement of his. personal power.
He employed bestial ferocity, as
the cases of Matteotti and the
Hosselli brothers disclosed. He de
stroyed friends and enemies alike
whenever it suited his purpose.
Moreover, he impoverished the
bulk of the Italians to near peon
age; he brought a talented people
to cultural stagnation.
Fascism Drops Mask
From 19-21 to 1035. Mussolini
26 he had a bust made of appeared contenf to build up his
at Julius, but substituted fragile glory on the domestic
visage for that of the scene, but in the latter vcur
of Imperial Rome. Fascism slipped off its mask. With
years later he was photo-1 incredible effrontery he saw him-
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UH.1.-X.U iii .in iiiiuciuuii ui sci i as a inouei II .lutius or i raiau.
bus old uniform, with the
hd in the breast pocket.
so made a picture showing
in the costume of Frederick
at playing a violin.
political persecution was
fursl in Italy, he issued a
decree forbidding "the de-
custom of poking fun at
in-law" because such a
as uniust to a minor.
glided the soles of his shoes
re high heels in order to
inches of his height.
' aul-Uoncour, now rep
France at San Francisco
him "the v ;wsyr nf 111,,
M Military Service
Plini was born in I fin-? ni
son of a Socialist black-
mall town school-
t 111 he was arrested for
'ire to a church in Bologna
l""g an aged cleric. He was
1311 lor six months. The
fins magistrate expressed
that solitary
he;
pise the
prisoner to re-
hi- fn.. . .
a single in-
2"",1! '" "ar against, so-
lie
"as released from jail.
country lo escape mili-
'ce. SuliM'iiii,.,-.!!.. i... i
-iwnnit ill; in;-
"iiierani journalist and
Politician .mri n,rii
PaciOsni cviTVU'llirn
"illy entered World
f fr- lie began the series ,,f
"ere such a m,-b,.,i
h's public life. He
r militarism with all the
P1 Us former nasifism ir,
,las wiled into the army as
l- "i "hich e.n..-.,.ii i,
Nil 1917.
iiiourw,;r:,:u,a,'a' ana
nt aa 1,11 r ascist
and hi. r- !. .
Mussolini srtI,sm 01
was a chaos of ..i:.:i
nnml. FwtlLIVJill
01 the urcsnnt . i
n lookinu i.io.....i
s,m-the name is derived
-or bundle of sticks.
rnl r, "iiu unuy
Rumc-powd as out-
u, ih so doing at-
no ont ,.ru,oues: and
ZC have
"arch ..n u
of la,, 'wme
nougr , toM the Faists
"Ctl ,r?rn Muolini
" the f! The Allowing
ta5ingsouad",,,leiy 10
'lis hni shoed, Musso-
C.Presented
th.:. " their own .m
t'ir j-v.,,- " win-
"u ood behind .u vopUm
"mt or "d them o
wnscioiisness,
Once more the Legions of Rome
would march forth to empire.
Late in 1935 he hurled his tanks
and airplanes against the primi
tive Ethiopians of Haile Selassie.
Rusty spears and 1905 muskets in
the hands of disorganized tribes
men -were- hardly a match for
Fascist bombing planes. Yet it
wasn't until three "years later, in
November. 1938. that the Duce
was able to announce from the
Chigi balcony the "complete paci
fication of the enemy."
. The rest of the sordid story is
too well known to bear repealing
in detail. Deceived by his paltry
successes in Ethiopia and as a
hitchhiker on Hitlers coattails.
Mussolini began I he occupation ol
Albania on April 7. 191)9. On .lime
10, 1940. came the "slah-in-t lic
baek" attack on France. And a few
months later, on October 21). the
Italian invasion of Greece got
under way.
The attack on Greece was (he
beginning of the end for Mussolini
The dynamic process by which evil
and falsity always destroy I hem
selves was Hearing a chinas
Against a brave, determined pin.
pie defending their homes, tin
impotency of his "legions" and
his "empire" became all loo ol
vious. On November (i, his Alpini
were trapped in the I'indus gorges.
On November 13. the Italians re
treated across the River Kaliniis
On November 23. the last-remain ,
ing Italians were driven in disorder
and ignominy from Greek soil
On July 25. 1943. his scepter
was torn from his grasp and from
then until the Partisan firing squad
did its work he was lillle belter
than a fugitive a sawdust Caesar
bcrcfit of even his sawdust
Thus the history of Mussolini
comes to an end. But in ending il
imposes an obligation. The future
must remember and profit by I lie
lessons it teaches.
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One Day Nearer World Peace
HERE and THERE
Bj
HILDA WAY GWYN
What does it mean to you today Can't you hear those homesick
that Germany has al last fallen: beys thinking out loud . . . After
and admitted defeat at the hands war rations, won't it be swell to
of the AMied Notions' Though eat some of Mom's cooking
this war has been fought far from, f. ied chicken, chocolate cake .-. ;
home it has been our war and it
has been as personal as if it had
and can't you just taste those bot
biscuits with dripping butter?
been fought on our own soil, ex- Golly, won't it e grand to phone
ccpt that we have been spared a girl and make a date for the
much of the sulTeriuii
j We know thai
I powerful count i y
.i greedy and
whose people
movies . . Think of driving out
in peaceful country back home in
America. ... I wonder how the
tires on the old boat are . . .
have held the lust ol conquest in i Won't it be grand walking down
their hearts for years and built i Main Street one more time and
up a nation upon revenge and am- saying "hello" to all the folks you
hilion to conquer the countries i used to know? . . . The young
about them has been made to ! father and seeing in his mind
1mw her head in deleal. We know that son. born after he went over
I hat there will be the bloodiest j seas . Even if I do know when he
chapter in history written of this got his first teeth and just how He
cruel and terrible era and that looks, he is pretty much of a Strang
before it is completed another i er . . wonder how he will take to
country will have lo be defeated. his old pop? . . . Think of coming
home at night to a good hot sup
per . Wont it be grand to
yell your head off once again at
a regular American football game.
We know that i:ie loaimg planes i
(hat have iilled the skies over
Europe and England are no longer;
birds of prey destroying every-1
tiling in their path Their engines
are no longer throbbing with the
terrifying sound nt combat mis- ,
sions. Guns have ceased tiring.
It must be very still after such
tumult and chaos The bondage
id' combat in Europe is over, and
our lighting men ran turn their
thoughts toward homo, even if
many are destined lor the Pacific
iK'fore the last sbo( is tired They
are free to dream ol peace and
home. They can begin to count
( played on American soil. . . .
Wonder if the moths have gotten
' into my old clothes and if any
of cm will fit? . . . Wonder If the
old crowd drops by the corner
drugstore for cokes like they used
to . . Gee won't it be swell t
i join em one more time. . . .
! ' under if Mary wears her hair
long or short now. . . . Wonder if
j Susie still loves old Joe like she
t did w hen we were in high school.
! . . . Gosh, won't it be great lo
see 'em all. . . . No, they won't
the days, though n may be a long, j
long time before they return, they I
are sure now II is no longer a j
hig gamble. They are not facing
death now and their minds can
race wiih living feet lo America 1
and we know that they arc already ,
picking up the threads of life i
back home i
oil when he was climbing on the
An.io beachhead . . . and old Dick
got his in December in Germany
. . . and poor old Johnny got his
on I wo .lima. . . . Guess things
will be sorter changed. . And
on and on they must be reminisc
ing and looking forward .
the war is over in Germany .
for
FUlli A rm v Chief
MM
I, iriilrii.ini Generul Mark Clark
led secret mission to Africa before
American troops lauded. Ilr Inter
nerved as eommandcr of the Fifth
I urmy in Iti'ly.
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l To us here at home ... II
I means that once more we can
sleep and know that the worst Is
over in Europe . . . and start
dreaming of the time when our
sons and loved ones will be coming
back. Our hearts arc singing once
again. . . . His room must be put
in order rigl)t now, though, of
course, it may be months before
he gets back. . . . What would ln
likc to eat the first day he gels
in . . . Maybe he won't have to
go lo the I'acilis, maybe he will
! be kept in camp here. . . . Maybe
. the war will be over before lie
has to go overseas again. . . .
Still ringing in her cars is that
last letter from Germany, when
be wrote. "Mother, don't forget to
pray 'for but of course. I'll
get back. Just be sure to be on
the safe Sidu and pray." . . . Can
il be true thai the Germans hate
given up. . . . The young wife
waiting for her husband's roturu
. all the things he used to like
come back In a rush of memories
. . . maybe she had better change
her hair back to the way she woro
it when he left . . . she starts
dreaming of the future years to
gether . . . she wonders if Ik- has
changed . . . will he love her as
much as ever . . . and that sirl
lie left behind ... won't it he
simply wonderful to bear bis voice
over the phone, asking for a date
. . . Just like old times.
Then to those others. . . . Why
did my son have lo be killed '
. . . She will be thinking of thai
letter from the chaplain. Iflliiis
of his burial with full military
honors in that country so far aw a
from home across the seas. .
She will live again those daj.i
when that fateful message tame.
. . . Uut Time which is the soften
ing touch of God w ill take the keen
edge oil' her suffering and she will
realize what a part she and her
son had in making this glorious
day come true s Marion
Green, paratrooper, wrote his
mother, a short time before his
fall in Germany in answer lo her
sympathy expressed for a llay-
The ere bavin; made the mother whose son had been
l.tillnafTc inelli'i live during later
diErs of the war has been given
to Lieutenant (.i ncial (art Spaatz,
nho commanded the American
heavy bombers and hthli-r escorts.
P I) I I ( RIAL
At Last-Victory Comes To Allied Armies In Europe
of the Nazi political philosophy, compoundi.'U ol distortions world war they read the hand writing on tin- wail ami saw
which flourished so long to terrorize the world. As the ! what was coming and surrendered. This time under the
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together in the great battles of the European theatre they j without regard for their future; even w
have given an illustration of what humanity can do in a j eminent.
joint effect. We trust that in the future years only peace Pershing told us after the terms were
will he the motif of the historical pattern. World War I that we would have trouble
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lllclliy tin X ItSUlL Ol Ult: nUlL yCclCC LV;ilIl.s UIIVI III.- IHJni.J
came true. By surrendering the Germans might have saved
killed in action and how she would
feel . . . "Mother, you should not
let il get you down You should
be proud to give a son for victory,
peace, happiness and prosperity of
the world. Those who have died
have died happy for there is mi
honor so great as giving your life
for your country."
defeat was
made
igain with Her
The day for which the American iieople ami those of
the United Nations of the world have longed and prayed for
has come at last. Victory has come to the Allied Armies in
the European theatre, but it is a victory that cannot be com
rwVfolv mm nf oviiltntinn Thp nriee hRs been too ureat for
us not to feel also a sense of loss at this end of fighting j This war is one of sublime and terrible proportions,
,uu n n... v,.f. f,-n with rhp niemnrv of ! overwhelming in its incredible co-ordination oi the might-
.. .'. .i , . , iu: ' :o.t ntWi ,,f n,,i,lps irnvernments and armies, of millions i themselves, but instead they fought on in self defense
the trallant ueriripp thur have heeil made 10 UrillK tins " - ' ......... ... .
day to a reality
of fighting men and hundreds of millions of minds behind
It is to most of us the next step to Peace, that miracle i them.
which wp nil hnvp sriiiirht "When Deace comes" has been
on the tongues of people, not only in America, but through
out the world for months and years. The soldier in the
foxhole facing death hourly and the jailor on the far seas
have uttered these words. The folks back home have woven
dreams of the day when combat in Germany would cease
and the promise of peace in sight.
Plans of international, of national and individual post
war liying have been wdven into dreams when hatred and
distruct would give way to the pattern of the Master
Weaver, the Prince of Peace.
We admit that Germany had built a powerful machine ,
that challenged the world. It i.s a sad thought when one
contemplates what might have happened to make this world
a glorious place in which to live had this, effort been applied
to building up. instead of tearing down.
Today in all outward appearances Germany is crushed.
Her people have written their own peace terms as they stub
bornly resisted their enemies and allowed their country to
while
the world read with clarity where their defense would lead
them.
With the destruction in Germany, phis the price of
war to the United Nations, it is to be hoped that the mili
taristic concept of greatness that seemed to dazzle the Ger
mans, will be a lesson not only to them but to the other ;
countries of the world. Surely at last the world has learned
from hard experience the use of force and what suffering
and devastation it can bring, when ruthlessly applied.
We must remember that final peace has not come
Wc civilians here at home should
in prayerful mood give thanks ti.
'e Great Master for the courage
and devotion of those in the armed
forces who have brought this great
victory to pass. And pray for com
folluwing ! fu'"t and strength to those who
sorrow as they rejoice. Our debt
to those who laid down their lives
can never be paid in full. Let u.
each as individuals pledge our ef
forts that such will never happes
again. Let us work to brin?
peace to the world and make it a
better place in which to live; a
world free from the tyranny of thr
ideals of the Nazis; a world where
children may grow up unafraid; a
world where there shall be justice
between men of all races; and the
Christian law of brotherhood shall
prevail.
be devastated and to be thrown back years in progress and that out in the Pacific our men are still fighting and that
civilization. i we must continue to shoulder the burdens of war ;n order
Cities and factories have been destroyed. Homes by i that victory may be speedily attained and wotAd peace
It has taken violent measures
to defeat the strength ' the thousands have been razed to the ground. In the last ' realized.
Germany has fallen . . . Peace
is in sight but in the words of
Edgar Guest ...
"When all the tyrant troops retreat
And calm are land and sky andv
sea, v r
Tis war itself men must defeat -If
ever peace is King to be." v