n Italian battery commanded by "captain Gianetti, Italian Minister of Corporations. also suffered disastrously. The fate of Captain Gianetti was not known.
Another battalion, presumably corns manded by Major Giuseppe Bottai, italian Minister of Education, fled in disorder, correspondents reported.
Seven Italian ministers were reported to have gone to the front to bolster the moral of Italian soldiers.
—United Press.
According to the latest available information, it would seem that the powerful pressure being exerted against the signing of this pact by the Opposition group in Parliament, patriotic organizations and British and American diplomats, has been counteracted by a no less powerful pressure from Germany, 1 The Parliamentary opposition group tried to delay the decision on the pact until the return of M, Machek, and this is why the Government decided to summon him back toda:
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