Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-12 | Page 3 | Italy and Ethiopia: Story of a Long-Brewing Conflict No. 2

ITALY AND ETHIOPIA Story of ofa a Long Brewing Brewing C Conflict N No Q 2 21 ji J a r t taJ L 7 4 4 4 S J S. S L S j III I WA I u r kJ 1 Li I In February 1917 four years n after ter the death of ot Menelik l H U the the throne ne neot I of ot Ethiopia fell to tile the joint occupancy pancy of ot Has Kas Tatar now Sc Sc- la lassie lasic and Ills his g great eat aunt Runt Queen Zauditu a dau daughter of lene lk The victor of ot l had designated his grandson as his his successor soy sor but the thc latter intrigued with the dervishes dervish o of or the thee Sudan In including I the notorious Mad Iad Mullah 1 and was waI excommunicated by the nation national al at Coptic Christian church h. h Th The rases or feudal barons baron of the tho country countr thereupon d posed deposed him and I established the dual rule lassu took rook t to the hills vowing vo vengeance Four y years yeats ars of tribal warfare followed fol- fol lowed lo S the coronation of and Z Zauditu ending in with the capture c. of L LJ J thereafter pursued pursued pur pur- sued the thc p policies of or He kept hi his country as tho the only territory territory terri terri- tory in Africa that was neutral in inthe inthe inthe the World war war war- and on September 28 1923 wo won I admission to the League of f Nations This step was taken after fter h ho had decreed death t to slave have traders faders and the tha gr gradual dual emancipation emancipation eman eman- of ot tho the numerous serfs in his feudal land The aS aim was to end slave o raids across acres the thc borders of lIei neighboring Italian French and British h Kas Ras as regent of Ethiopia visited Europe in 19 It 19 1 He was accompanied ac ae- ac- ac companied by a retinue of rases and attendants n and d. d sp spent five months Inthe in inthe inthe the old world He was received with high h honors nors at ut Rome nome where he heas was as welcomed both as a a- a sovereign and andas as ns son 8 of f Has Bas Makonnen l the tho a able l diplomat of l Menelik H II King Victor Emmanuel Premier Mussolini 1 and Pope Pius received him and arid he was was accorded similar attention In Paris by Pres President and In hi London London London Lon Lon- don by Kin King George The length of ot othis hi his trip was significant of f the thc stability which he be had established established in his country On On A August t 2 1928 1923 Italy and Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethi Ethi- opia opla signed sIgnel a treaty of perpetual friendship It provided for the tho arbitration arbitration arbi arbi- of all aIr disputes dispute b between the thet t two countries and for the cession union to the African monarchy of a free zone In In the thc port of Eritrea to to- to gether with construction of a motor hilJ highway wa thence to Addis I Ababa This happy bapp occasion was was the out outgrowth out out- growth gro of im an nfl official visit the tho pr previous pro pre views violl y year ar to the tue Ethiopian capital by the Duke of the Abruzzi a return for the state jo journey which R Has s Ta To- farE far had made to E Europe in 1924 But the pacts pact's projects languI languished hecl each side de blaming the other for delays S Has HIlS' became Emperor HaileS Haile Halle S Selassie King of t Kings of Ethiopia opIa o- o pia Conquering Lon Lion of ot Jud Judah h Ele Elect t of t G God d on on November 2 1030 l At the coronation n were princes s and special envoys envoy from m many ny foreign capitals ls The ceremonies were staged mouths months after the death of Queen Zauditu had left alone on the tho throne n n. n Crowned with J lUm was hl his wife viCe ro Menen I In n a great granddaughter of f Menelik 1 II II Their children trace through both parents parents' to ah lc Selassie who ho reigned 1817 1795 and generally Is recognized l in Ethiopia a n n d n descend descendant ant of King Solomon olo on and n the he Que Queen n of t Sheba Continued tomorrow