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Show Observer Sees Italian Peace Maneuvers As Antiallies and Not Strictly Neutral tlon, for the time being at least. If Mussolini can Immobilize the Balkans, Britain and France, rather rath-er than nasi Germany, will be the losers. By J. C. 0E8TREICIIEB INS Foreign Editor Premier Benito Mussolini gave new and conclusive proof today that Italy Is anything but neutral In the strict sense of the word-In word-In Europe's war. His agreement with Hungary, designed to regularize the Balkan situation In a manner redounding to the glory of the Italian empire, makes it again apparent that II duce Is keenly alive to Italy's own best interests everywhere, past commitments notwithstanding. He has begun to put the pressure on Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest Bucha-rest in the full knowledge that public pub-lic declarations by himself and Count Galeazzo Clano ahould have made Italy's position In the conflict con-flict clear. In recent months, the fascist hierarchy has virtually abandoned use of the somewhat abused term, neutrality. They have substituted the word "nonbelligerency." In other words, because It Is to her best advantage to remain at peace, Italy Is not fighting. That does not mean that she has not taken sides. The Italian press has not diminished firm support sup-port ef nasi Germany In the reich's war against England and France. Speaking for Mussolini before the fascist chamber of corporations corpora-tions a few weeks ago, Ciano flatly told England and France that their hopes of an antlnaxi and anticom-munlat anticom-munlat "Balkan bloc" under Italian Ital-ian leadership was out of the ques- |