ignor Mussolini, interviewed to-emphasized that a Franco-Italian agreement was one of the fundamental neces: revolution, His gui necessity of satisfying Italy's er: need for moral, spiritual and phy: cal expansion by means of a pacific, not pacifist, policy, but that was in no way incompatible with friendship and ce-operation with other nati The Fascist leader urged the necessity of abandoning the tendency to regard Asiatics as barbarian: He expressed the opinion that the so-called Asiatic peril would cease when the barrier of Eastern and Western mentalities was broken down. He advocated the continual re-establishment of the balance of power as the best formula for the maintenance of peace.—Reuter.
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