Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 1 | Africa Troops Take Position

cL 1 x ri L 1 lr- lr rr Fk 1 F L 4 Y i I I i 4 I I kL 1 iw x r r-A r A P. P Deep in conversation Premier Pierre Laval al of France left and Anthony Eden I minister f for r L League of Nations affairs are shown a after tc an important in league coun council ouri coun- cil session on the African crisis AFRICA TROOPS TAKE POSITION Move to Strategic Posts POts l by y Border ADDIS ABABA Sept 15 UP UP- UP Ethiopian troops selected to me meet t the first Italian m attack were moving Into position today within striking d distance of tho the frontiers ro lUers Fortifications and entrenchments were being constructed at points where a prolonged stand against attackers armed with modern military mili mU tary equipment was felt to be feas feas- ible ibie As troops moved toward the the front it was pointed out In capital that t p preparation n for tor a general mobilization n order docs does not represent a warlike a gesture on all the tho part of ot Halle Haile Selas Selassie's ies ie's kingdom king dom It i is Is simply a a final fInal step toward putting t tho tIie c nation ori n the best military basis possible by making makIng makinG mak mak- ing available the service of at eve every everyman y man capable of at aiding In the national national na na- na- na defense and It will not be bells Is Issued issued is- is sued until necessary Preparation of the tho order caps six months mouths ot of of gradual preparation which has been pushed as far as possible in the face of foreign embargoes embargoes em em- and l local cal limitations In the matter of at supplies' supplies and training Supplies of ammunition and foOd are being distributed as widely as possible This Is necessary in order to lc keep ep feudal levies intact