Show 1 ini's inis Exit Brings firings Separate f Peace Hopes t I By Associated Press tin prom pom arou around d the world Monday Ii e speculation and assertion 1 the exit of Benito Mussolini 1 0 premier of Italy had spelled out of for prelude a separate peace 1 axis partner I 1 ja i capital after capital the reJon reon re- re R Jon pon on although frequently only t t official was the same It was wasa t a tottering Italy had moved step nearer to an exit from t 1 war whether through early stice or easier capitulation to arching inching allied armies Some ome of the reaction follows London There was quick I dal al speculation that since Italy d I moved toward fulfillment of e allies' allies initial condition of sur- sur der the British and American might soon present presents s for honorable capitulation j King V Vittorio Emanuele and andi i shaU Pietro Badoglio At the thene ere ame ne time however here was evi evi- tt lt t ce of an attitude not to relax 1 walt wait waits for Italy to quit but ri to pour pour it on on for a smash foglio Antifascist Washington Despite initial offal of- of foal fal ial silence there was wide spec spec- dilion that in choosing Marshal Ba to head the military gov gov- e ment the king had more than nodded at the Roosevelt Roosevelt Churchill Churchill Jn tation to the Italian people to toli li themselves of their fascist government gov- gov ment Since Badoglio is a royalist roy- roy alist and antifascist it was retarded re re- re ded in many quarters that his appointment might well be folks fol- fol ks o l' d by dissolution of the fascist p party and a bid for Russian separate peace olio Moscow cow The Russian people were ere tre electrified by the news of Mussolini's downfall The immediate immedi immedi- ate te e reaction as heard in homes and nd on street cars and subways tt vs that Germany had suffered a severe severe blow Wow Some said they felt this his might mean that Italy would drop rop out of the war in a few peeks and that even if she cared carried carried car car- ried ed on her resistance would be bely only ly half halfhearted Y N. 1 r. Italians Celebrate New York Former President Herbert Hoover in a broadcast r ran m his Palo Alto Cal Gal home to toa a ai i f Jewish conference said Mussolini's I j t resignation will give heart to tor r every man and woman in axis- axis I do dominated countries countries it it is the b on the wall In New 1 i I Yorks York's big Italian quarter there were impromptu celebrations In Inthe inthe inthe the narrow crowded streets Algiers A Frenchman who reflects reflects reflects re re- re- re French feeling but who would not permit his name to be used said the appointment of Badoglio Badoglio Ba Ba- doglio doglio may portend Italy's withdrawal withdrawal with with- from the war In this event he said France would be one of the united nations most vitally affected and ana should have a voice in whatever arrangements might be made with the new Italian government Nazis Shrug Off Change Germany German propagandists propagandists asserted in press radio reports reports re reo re- re I ports that Mussolini's exit was among developments running counter to the allies' allies wishes Their makeshift line apparently was that the appointment of Badoglio's Badoglio's Ba Ba- doglio's mi military l lit I t a r y government means Italy's will to resist continues continues con con- unchanged One dispatch declared that the change of government government gov gov- brings no visible change in the Italian German relation relation- ship There was rejoicing in the streets Wall bulletins put up up by Chinese newspapers at attracted attracted attracted at- at large crowds and Generalissimo Generalissimo Gener Gener- Chiang Kai shek addressing addressing addressing address address- ing his government Monday morning morning morning morn morn- ing referred to the news Like other members of the cabinet he appeared to be In high spirits One official said he hoped the king and new military governor would choose the right course for Italy Italy liberation Axis Collapsing Mexico City Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla declared jubilantly jubilant jubilant- ly This is great The axis is collapsing and now we can look into the future more smilingly Madrid The Berlin radio said the Spanish cabinet met for a special special special cial sitting early Monday morn morn- ing The one morning newspaper published in Madrid on Mondays carried only the proclamations by the king and Marshal Badoglio along with the suggestion of the Italian Stefani Stefan agency that the duce quit because he was in poor health Victoria B British r i t i s h Columbia Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States said that leaves two to go apparently go apparently referring referring re re- re ferring to Germanys Germany's Hitler and Japans Japan's Tojo and Tojo-and and added Mussolini Mussolini Mussolini Mus must be deeply regretting that he returned such a dusty answer answer answer an an- to the Right Honorable Winston Winston Win Win- ston Churchill when the latter appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed to him not to bring Italy into the war Chileans Happy Santiago Chile The newspaper Hora devoting its entire front page to events in Italy commented comment comment- ed News of the downfall of fascism has been happily received t ls country v r Buenos J Aires The Thel Argentine press splashed the fr front nt pages s with news of Mussolini's exit The conservative La said in an editorial labeled the downfall of the fascist regime that since since Sunday Rome has new ruins the ruins of fascism less glorious than those left by Christianity and the theRoman theRoman theRoman Roman empire Orient The U. U S. S broadcast intelligence in intelligence intelligence in- in service reported that after a lapse of about 16 hours all Oriental axis radio stations broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast the Rome announcement of the Mussolini ouster without further further further fur fur- ther comment |