As every sensible Italian knows, scheming Yankees provoked and probably financed the Argentine revolution—such last week was the “angle” taken by Fascist editors.
No proofs were offered, no facts cited, no “inside story” came from Italian correspondents in the Argentine. But:
“The United States’ imperialistic policy registers a new success,” gloomed Il Lavoro Fascisti, organ of potent labor syndicates. “It was necessary for the United States to remove the only man [ex-Presi-dent Hipólito Irigoyen of Argentina] in the South American republics who was unwilling to submit to a policy of dominion by the great stellar republic.”
Blaming “Washington” explicitly for the revolt Il Tevere, mouthpiece of Avanguardisti (the super-Fascist “Advance Guard”), added scathingly:
“Latin America should be reorganized so as to be out of reach and undisturbed by the famous [i. e. infamous] Monroe Doctrine. It is doubtful whether Argentina showed wisdom in adopting [1853] a form of government modeled on that of the United States . . , concentrating excessive powers in the hands of the President against which no defense is possible without armed revolt.”
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