FASCISM British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) with the Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano (1903-1944); followed by British Foreign Secretary Edward Frederick Lindley Wood Earl of Halifax (1881-1959); come to Palace Venice to be received by Benito Mussolini. The diplomatic work was not effective to prevent the outbreak; a few months later; the Second World War. Rome; January 1939.