The Week of Crisis.

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      Focuses on political events in Europe for the week ended May 03. Conquest of Ethiopia by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini; Victory of left-wing extremists in French elections; Depletion of economic reserves of Italy due to the war; Failure of the League of Nations to prevent the war; Impact of economic sanctions on Italian cost and standard of living; Plans of French Left elements to conciliate Germany by revision of the Treaty of Versailles; Intentions of French Right elements to make terms with German dictator Adolf Hitler as a basis for an anti-Communist drive throughout Europe; Support of Great Britain to the peace movement of the League; Impact of the Italian victory on Great Britain; Choice which will likely be imposed by Mussolini on Great Britain, to have Italy as friend or enemy; Possibility of the loss of Yugoslavia, by Great Britain, if Great Britain supports Mussolini; Demand of Italy to get support from France; Demand of economic assistance by Hitler from England; Speculations about the decision of Great Britain.