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ligious Hitler. But Austria was a fascist country. There is no doubtabout the fact that Schuschnigg was an honest man, a true patriotprepared to sacrifice himself for Austria, and that he was, in addition,a man of deep and genuine religious nature. All of which warnsus once again that we must not make the mistake of supposing thatthe several ingredients of fascism, taken separately, are evil, andthat only evil men espouse this new order.The same can be said for Portugal where the dictator, Salazar, isa man utterly without the offensive personal characteristics ofeither Mussolini or Hitler; no ranting, posturing, saber-rattling, nopageantry. On the contrary, he is an aesthete, living a life offrugality, a devout Catholic, his office wall adorned with but asingle ornament, the crucifix of Christ, at whose feet he is a humbleworshiper. The fascist regime of Portugal is a curiosity among thefascist orders of Europe. Its admirers, of which there are greatnumbers in this country and Europe, like to call it a "ChristianCorporativism." This it is, modeled on the old medieval guild formof government so much admired and earnestly urged upon Britainand America by some of her most devout socialist and other leaders,such as Hobson and Cole. The case of Portugal is, however, a veryspecial one, molded by peculiar conditions and saved now by thewar and Portugal's alliance with England.Greece conformed more nearly to the standard pattern of fascistcountries, yet because Greece was so cruelly assaulted by Mussoliniand made so glorious a defense and because she is now our ally, wedo not think of her as essentially wicked because she is fascist.Metaxas, warrior and admirer of the German military system,mounted his cannon in the streets of Athens, liquidated theparliament and the constitution, banished his opponents, brandedall opposition as communist, and set himself up as dictator. He putan end to freedom of the press, told editors they "must follow himlike soldiers in battle, never consulting, criticizing, or exchangingopinions with him." He instituted a ruthless regimentation of ideasin the schools and told university professors: "I cannot allow anyone of you to have ideas different from those of the state." He wentinto power without any program. He made vague promises of thegood life, told the Greeks he was "the first peasant and the first164