Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-18 | Page 18 | Revolt Against Emperor Reported from Ethiopia

Revolt Against Emperor Reported From Ethiopia V By Associated d Press Reports that tha a serious rebellion against Emperor Haile Selassie Haile-Selassie Selassie had iid ad broken out ut in the rich GoHam province ot of northwestern vestern Ethiopia reached reached Djibouti French today from what was described as as a reliable source in l Addis Ababa The reports said laid i that occasional battles had taken place ant and that the rebels were still till holding many towns although a loyal army had ad entered the provincial capital Debra Markos during durin the past weeK Rome hailed reports of or victory from the southern Ethiopian front today in a which said the fas fascist let invaders had advanced mU miles s n northward in ma ina a week-long week running b battle tUe V VV V The h high gh c command on the basis sis of a report relayed through th the thc northern headquarters raised its estimate te of f Ethiopian c casualties from to The official statement statement did not mention Italian losses The Ethiopian government termed Italian claims utterly fantastic the of defenders' defenders casualties and said the territory through which the invaders had advanced was only lightly held In additIon to claims of Ethiopian casualties the tho official at Rome Rom reported more had been taken prisoner While While- the southern forces forces' pushed forward the Duke of promised prom prom- iced bed his warriors on the north northern rn front a decisive battle will be un un- un- un leashed The Tho position o of General Rudolf Rudolfo o Graziani's troops in the tho south was placed near Ringi Ring The victory of General Graziani's Grazi Grazi- anis ani's troops on the proved to ha e yielded increasingly more decisive results the official stated The pursuit continued all aU day yester yesterday ay without meeting any real resistance by the fleeing ries nez At noon Jan January ry 17 our armor armored d car columns had advanced altogether about kilometers from their base In Europe diplomats diplomat turned to toward toward toward to- to ward Geneva where the council of the League of ot Nations m meets eu Monday to the consider consider the question of war settlement British Foreign Secretary Anthony Anthony Anthony An An- thony Eden left Lorid London n after pledging ing lug constituents constituents' In his Warwick district to continue leadership in enforcing league el measures for peace Aggression ought not to be allowed allowed al al- lowed to succeed he said and the members of ot the league acting together would be so 80 strong trong and united that they are able to bring home to any aggressor that peaceful negotiations is the only successful way of ot removing discontentment ment Unofficial sources recently arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived at G Geneva neva r represented presented Premi Premier Premier Pre Pre- mi mier r Mussolini nl as S receptive to ne new peace peace proposals They They- expressed belief belie the thc council counell would turn Its attention at at- to such measures rather rathe rather tJ than an imposition of new sanctions V Premier Pierre Pierr J Laval val left behind him in Paris an an unsettled domestic p political situation although Premier Premier Premier Pre Pre- mier Edouard Herriot was expeCted ted I to defer deter his minister of ot f state until the premiers premier's return