Paris, June 6. Premier Benito Mussolini's failure to declare belligerency yesterday caused political commentators here today to believe that some unknown politic power had induced Il Duce to postpone his decision. Some quarters declared that Italy's entry into the war appeared less imminent today than it has in the past week.
The general impression among political observers here was that Italy had completed her preparations and the scene had been laid for intervention, but some force had emerged at the last moment compelling Premier Mussolini to re-examine the situation.
The Rome correspondent for "Temps" declared that "Italy's entry (Continued on page 8, col. 5)
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