Evening star., 1941-06-03

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long as I have, but you'll find that
nothing is more fun than having a
monarch of your very own 10 boss
around. When you get up on the
wrong side Of the bed In the
morning it's a very satisfactory
feeling to call in his royal highness
and tell him off.
Aimone the First hasn't been a
king very long-I just thought him
up the other day-but he will come
70 you pretty well broken IN. I
have had Victor Emanuel busy
throne-breaking him and he should
be very easy to handle right from
the start. At first, his crown may
chafe him a bit, but you know
what to use on him then--a little
Of the old Axis grease.
Give Aimone a nice palace TO
live in, but be sure to get two
sets of keys and keep one set for
yourself. When you go over to
make up your mind for him there
Is nothing like having a comfortable
room to sit in. I don't know OF a
place in Rome like better than
the rubber stamp room at Victors
house. had it air conditioned and
sometimes I sit there all afternoon,
listening to Bergen and Mccarthy
and watching the king rubber
stamp.
Be sure Aimone the First exer-
cises lot. At first he'll only want
to exercise his will, but that would
be bad for him so only let him do
that on such questions as to
whether he'll have chocolate or
vanilla.
If your king gets downhearted,
you can always cheer him up by
allowing him to award a bunch of
medals. This has always been a
tonic to Victor Emanuel, but I may
have to think up something else
for the little guy to do, because
strictly of the record, Ante, it's
getting pretty tough to find any
one you can give a medal TO In
this country.
I don't think you'll have many
complaints about your Aimone the
First, Ante. Remember, he is
second cousin of my Victor and
that whole House Of Savoy Is lust
duck soup when it comes TO taking
orders. Aimone the First Is
brother of the Duke Of Aosta, too.
You recall Aosta. He was the one
who sent me that cable from
Ethiopia-"We have met the enemy
and we are his" The Duke will
have to have some sort of a medal
when he gets back, I guess, for
engineering and commanding the
biggest, most orderly and distin-
gUished Italian surrender since the
war started.
After Aimone is settled down, and
the spontaneous celebrations you
arranged for him are over, I wish
you would come TO Rome for q
visit. I have a lot to show you.
The fleets in-it's been In for 4
long time-and if you'd like to meet
some high-ranking Nazi officers,
you couldn't pick a better town
than this. I expect Adolf to start
running excursion trains through
the Brenner Pass any day now.
Victor Emanuel just called up
and asked me If ne could changs
into his summer crown and sceptre,
I told him to call Gayda-thats my
editor, you know-and ask him how
1 felt on the subject. I wasn't just
sure myself. I imagine, though,
that I'm against him making the
switch so early in the summer.
don't want my king to catch cod
because he is scheduled to read a
proclamation to the populace next
week reatfirming my faith in me.
If you hear any new angles on
the Hess situation, Ante, let me
know. My own personal guess Is
that Rudolf was crazy from the
heat-you know how hot 1t can
get in Berlin at time. All Of which
reminds me that in this modern
day and age it's mighty nice to
know how to fly your own plane.
My best to you and Mrs. Pavelic.
BENITO.