Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-15 | Page 2 | Dessye Taken by Italians

DESSYE DESSlE TAKEN BY ITALIANS By Unit d Press Ps ss ROME A April 15 I ItalIan 15 Italian al 1 I I rs s toda today oday their way war into Des Dei- ye grand Haile Halle Selassie and airline miles from irom rom his capital Addis Ababa bati As they did so youths youth of at the th class of ot 1915 b born rn as' as as Italy was in en n- n ter the World war 21 years ago responded to a c call u to the colors to back up Premier Benito Musio- Musio lints defiance of at Great Britain and the tho league Deague eague of ot Nations Baron Pompeo envoy at Geneva W was S about to begin begin be be- gin talks with Salvador Salvidor de tie Mad Madar- Madar r- r laga aga representing the l league agu o on 1 the ho possibilities of peace with Ethiopia pia and piA-and and to toll tell him that th there re would b be peace on Italy's terms when Ethiopia's resistance w wax broken March l to Barracks The youths youth of ot 1915 were march march- tog Ing ng to barracks today wh when n M Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- r- r Pietro Pictro Badoglio commander commander- chief n-chlof of the tho African armies flashed Our troops troop entered Dessy this V morning By the occupation Italians wrest wrested ed con control rol of ot every important caravan caravan cravan cara cra- van route between Addis Addi Ababa and andall ill all of at northern and northeastern Ethiopia from the eastern part of tho the Iron front front to Lake Tana over by the Sudan They had gone miles from the n border which they croue crossed October 3 They were but miles mUes by two rO roads from Addis Addil Ababa March larch on Capital It was believed here Badoglio would bring airplane squadrons toD to D and order a march on Addis Ababa as soon loon as 81 General Rodolfo Rodolto Graziana commanding in eastern and southern Ethiopia protected his left flank by reducing the army of ot Rae Ras in the Harar region The immediate operation V was wal expected expected ex ex- to be junction of the Italian forces in the Dessye area with those thOle from the Gondar Lake Tans Tana region rellon and from the north Country Stirred News of the victory was all that was needed today to stir Ur the country It was known Baron Aloisi Alois was going to Geneva to defy the world Tho call caU to the boys of ot th the 1915 cl class many class many of at whom never saw laW fathers fa fa- ther who were killed in the World war war affected affected every corner of ot the country No announcement was made of the number called Foreign Foreign For For- eign military attaches estimated the total above It was understood understood under under- stood that they sufficiently outnumbered men who had been boen furloughed hed to do farm work to bring tho the army to its greatest t total men of whom are in east Arl Africa