would probably be in a position, at some sacrifice to their resources in other areas, to maintain the Fascist party in power by force and snip any incipient revolt in the bud. It seems unlikely therefore that unrest could ever reach dangerous dimensions until Germany had reached the point of being unable to spare the necessary forces to increase her grip on Italy, i.e. until Germany herself was nearing dissolution. Any signs of dissolution in German morale would have an especially marked effect in the Italian forces.