KING MENELIK AND HIS RECORD OF SLAUGHTER New York Dec 2 Lieutenant Syl Sylvain Sylvain Sylvain vain was one of the arrivals on La which has just Jut reached ere nere He is to the king of Ab and is t an active officer in the Abyssinian army Th lieutenant landed at the pier in the full futi uniform of the Abyssinian army carrying his sword in his bIB hand He was ws astonished when the customs inspector informed Inform l him that he lee had bad never heard eard of the king kin cf Abyssinia The lieutenant who spoke poke fairly well wen explained to the he inspector that King Menelik was a great Aar Nar I nor and had bad slaughtered Italian soldiers In a single morning not maly years ago without losing a man on his own side Lieutenant Sylvain said that he was wason wason wason on his hll way to Hayti on an important mission and that he might visit other countries before his return turp home