Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-26
DOROTHY
THOMPSON
The Revolution Gets Out
of II Duce's Hands

1.-THE opinions erpressed BY
Mss Thompson are her oWn
and not necessarily those Of The
Detroit Times
Only once before has MuSSolini
" read from pr nared manu-
scripi-thai was al The time of the
German Austrian AnSChluSS IN
1875. when. reversing his previous
policy toward Austria. he spoke IN
harmony with Berlin. This time he
also speaks for Germany a well
as Italy. In effect he surrenderS
Italy 10 Germany. He admits all Of
Italy's reVerSeS-Italy has lost the
Mediterranean war-but Germany
will WIN Il.
DUT the most important part Of
I'D the speech for American read
ers is his analysis Of what the war
is. For SAYS MuSSnlini, the reValu-
lion will win the war
What nc docs not. Of course, say
Is that the revolution Is no longer
his revolution lit Is no longer The
revolution Of the corporate state
and tho Italian nation. II y the
revolution Of the -a-pat4aIfrtl fttitttF
iStic PruSSlan holSheviSm which
naziism is. II is the revolution
which is the enemy OF the state
4 GAIN Mussolini goes back 10
"A an uttcrance he made in 1890.
and says. We have actually been
AT war since 1922--that is from
the day when we lifted the flag Of
our revolution. which was then
defended by a handful of men,
against the Masonic. democratic,
and capitalistic world. From that
day, world liberalism. democracy
and plutocracy declared and waged
war against us In December.
1899 the reckoning of accounts
had TO be reached between tUo
rorids which were inepitabiy an
fagonistic the alliance between
Italy and Gerpnany is not orty be-
lA0tik tWb StGttN vi ANb oi
or two diplomacies but between
tWo peoples and faro revolutions. ="
THE italics are n1inp.1
And toward these two peoples
and these TIVE revolutions HttS-
solini tells us that Stain. who has
long since overthrawn the reueljf-
ton of Lenin. maintains a good
neighbor policy.
DUT MusSolini's remarks about
- the revolution should be
Needed. For democracies. and this
one. persist in thinking that they
arc menaced chiefly by national
armies. when what they are men
aced by is an international revo-
lutionary conspiracy which has its
allies inside every single country
This struggle is not war between
nations. 1t is a vast civil war In
the heart of western civilization.
And the revolutionary naturel of
The struggle is such that not a
people on earth can avoid final
Showdown.
Fascism either will be defeated
ON the field of battle. by victory
of Great Britain, before ii reaches
these shores, or the issue will be
fought out inside this country.
If Britain falls, on that day there
will be a full -fledged Fascist move
ment on its feet in the United
States.
What are we going 10 do about
II. If that happens? How are we
going TO fight, if that happens? II
viii fight, with politics, with mass
movements. with intrigue, with
terror, and even with assassina-
tionS.
We know how il will fight be-
cause we know how ii has fought.
But what we do not know is how
we will resist.
This much is certain: II Britain
fails. the weight of the whole world
will be on the side of the Fascist
elements in the United States.
The trade of the whole world
will be on their side.
The weapons of the whole world
will be on their side.
The propaganda of the whole
world will be on their side.
The armies and fleets of the
whole world will be on their side
A Ii the talk about a possible
n invasion of America seems 10
me to miss the point.
There will be a drastic inter
. rentionism from the outSide-inter-
ventionism of a political. economic,
propagandistic and. if necessary
military nature.
The pattern designed for the
Americas is not the pattern OF the
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