Rome, June 11.
Premier Benito Mussolini yesterday asserted that the United States is already in the war. warned the Ame: can people they would face a dicta-worship "inferior to ours" in the event of actual participation and declared that American intervention "does not greatly disturb us."
He declared that actual participa-lion by the United States "would not modify the present situation. which is one of de facto if not de jure war." Warned that a U. S. declaration of war would automatically bring Japan into the fighting at the side of the Axis, Speaking for 55 minutes before the Chamber of Deputies, Il Duce revealed that Germany had agreed to Italian occupation of all of Greece.
"God Has Chosen Blood"
"The Axis will win." Il Duce declared, ^I firmly believe that in this battle between gold and blood, God has chosen blood......we will win."
The Italian Premier hinted at an immediate Axis attack on Egypt and ihe Suez Canal declaring that the occupation of Crete had given the Axis good bases for attacking Egypt "Crete was a step toward final victory." he added.
Ti Duce emphasized the solidarity of the home front claiming that "Italians feel that this war is a revolution which must eliminate the privileges of the democracies.
A U. S. declaration of war. he declared. "would be tardy. would not give Britain victory and would only extend the length of the war" He added that such a move "would bring about an authoritarian regime in the United States which would be inferior to ours."
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