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Show COULD WE DO AS WELL? Friend George Manwaring sends the following item. When Emperor Haile Selaise sent the order out the Italians were coming to annihilate his people and they almost did just that. Would we in the U. S. do as much if our people were in as much danger as were the Ethiopians? Editor Progressive Opinion: When the Italians invaded Abyssinia the following mo-bolization mo-bolization order was promulgated by Emperor Haile Selassie: "When this order is received, all men and all boys able to carry a spear will go to Addis Ababa. Every married man will bring his wife to cook and wash for him. Every unmarried man will bring any unmarried woman he can find to wash and cook for him. Women with babies, the blind, and those too aged or infirm to carry a spear are excused. Anyone found at home after receiving this order will be hanged." From an address by Admiral Harold R. Stark. |