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Show Italy, Ethiopia Deadlock On League Agenda Anthony Eden, British Representative, Insists In-sists Council Can Discuss Entire Dispute Dis-pute and Take Fitting Action By llMTrJ) l'KKSS Events in the Italian-Ethiopian crisis raced toward a climax today. Epitomized, developments were: GENEVA League council meets in almost despairing effort to avert war; principal hope for peace seen in direct British-French-Italian negotiations. LONDON Britain prepares to speed crack Indian troops to Addis Ababa to reinforce legation guard. . GENEVA Tecla Hawariat, chief Ethiopian delegate, telephones to Tokyo; Italian angor over Japan's expression of "interest" in Ethiopian peace recalled. ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia prepared to fight ; will give economic but not political concessions, United Press staff correspondent reports in first dispatch by American war correspondent cor-respondent at capital. BUDAPEST Italy withdraws from 6th international university games on ground that the athletes are in the army. GENEVA, July 31 (U.R) The council of the League of Nations, seeking desperately to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia, convened in private session today and decided to continue arbitration of the East African dispute. The council agreed to draft a formula so that arbitration arbitra-tion could be continued. Resumption of arbitration was not assured, however, Italy and Ethiopia beinir deadlocked on what is to be arbi- trated. Italy wants to conifne it solely to border clashes, such as that at Ualual, while Ethiopia insists in-sists that boundary lines and other broader subjects be discussed. Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy made a reservation stating that arbitration must be confined to Ualual and other incidents. Gas-. ton Jeze of Ethiopia made a counter coun-ter reservation. The council agreed to meet again at 5 p. m. tomorrow, when it was hoped a formula will have been drafted. Aloisi, seeking to block intervention inter-vention of the council in the dispute, dis-pute, clashed verbally with Jeze and Capt. Anthony Eden of Great Britain. Aloisi insisted that at present Italy cannot allow the council to go beyond arranging for resumption resump-tion of arbitration of the Ualual incident. Eden twice intervened and insisted in-sisted that the council can discuss the entire dispute itself if necessary, neces-sary, and take appropriate action. (Copyright 1935 by United Press) ADDIS ABABA, July 31 U.R Ethiopians, prepared to defend their ancient empire to the death if need be, looked to Great Britain today as the chief hope of averting avert-ing a war with Italy. They believe that unless Britain acts war is certain, and they say they will accept none but an honorable hon-orable peace. To rumors that Ethiopia would accept a form of international mandate perhaps under the League of Nations officials said stoutly that it was out of the question. They will accept no over-lordship, over-lordship, they will agree to no political concessions to Italy, they said. But they are willing to give economic concessions, as Emperor Haile Selassie I said in a statement state-ment yesterday. The main anxiety here, as the league council met to consider the dispute with Italy, was lest the council postpone real decisions until un-til August 25 its previously set deadline for solution of the problem prob-lem by direct negotiations. Ethiopia wants an immediate clarification of the attitude of the powers and the league, to know whether they are ready to make good their pledge under the league, covenant ana the Briand-Kellogg-anti-war pact to protect Ethiopia, a fellow signatory, from aggression. aggres-sion. It is felt here that Britain must be in the end the determining factor. If she stands firm against war, Ethiopia will have hope of pence. She also, it is believed, holds the key to the question whether nations will supply arms to Ethiopia. Ethiopians are ready for a fight, under the emperor who has announced an-nounced that if there is war ho will lead his warriors himself. But as the emperor said in his statement state-ment yesterday, his country prefers pre-fers to prosper under European guidance instead of remaining poor with complete independence. The influence, he added, must be purely economic, unaccompanied by political aspirations. |