Notes

Benito Mussolini, High Commissioner of the Air Force, after inspecting dirigibles and airplanes at Ciampino and Centocelle on Nov. 4, declared in a speech: 1) Italy must be prepared against all eventualities, and unless it secures the strongest air force its future is uncertain;

2) Italy must treble the number of its airplanes during the next year;

3) Italy must have a stronger air force than that of any other nation.

Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary General of the League of Nations, who might have had some misgivings over Mussolini's enthusiasm for the League after the Corfu Incident (TIME, Sept. 10 to Oct. 8), was reassured by visiting the " black-shirted pacifist" in the Eternal City. Premier Mussolini assured Sir Eric that Italy had no prejudice against the League, Italy only desired that its position on the League should be adequately established within the organization through which the League functions. By explaining that only five out of 300 of the League's personnel on the Secretariat were Italian, the Rome Messagero showed what Benito meant.

On Nov. 4, Italy commemorated the Austrian Armistice with wild rejoicings.