Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-07 | Page 16 | Italy and Fench Dispute Seizure of Africa Railroad

Italy taly and French Dispute Seizure of Africa Railroad 0 By Associated Press Press' Unconfirmed reports from Djibouti today s said id a seri serious us dispute dispute dispute dis dis- dis- dis had broken out between Italy and the French company eon- eon trolling rolling ing the Addis Djibouti Ababa railroad over the transportation of troops and war material A Stefani news agency dis dispatch patch reaching Rome today said that hat Italian troops had taken complete com corn charge of the railroad in Ethiopia By order of their military commander com corn mand mander mand r r. r troops took tro troops took over over all traffic on the narrow-gauge narrow lino Uno and restored re- re stored tor d normal service Stefani re re- re ported The railroad Is ts Ethiopia's only modern carrier and tho the only modera modern modern mod mod- ern era egress Ababa to the sea Whether the seizure was considered considered consid consid- ered permanent was not Immediately immediately immediately immedi Immedi- made known Only today the French Trench government let it be known it t would refuse at this time to relinquish relinquish re- re I linquish rights to the line Any transfer to fo Italian operators would necessitate a convention free negotiated by the Fr French company which owns the line Paris officials stated New Ne Victories Simultaneously Italy's armies all allbut allbut allbut but completed the subjugation of southern Ethiopia with the capture o of the Important town of and ind pressed into service Halle HaUe Selassie's Selassie's Selassie's Se Se- lassies lassie's own Imperial police to mop up torn riot-torn Addis Addle Ababa Now only Harar garden city of Ethiopia remains to be seized by the fascists It lies Hes a few tew kilometers kilometers kilo kUo- meters northwest of and its fall was considered only a matter of days Addis Addle Ababa again was calm un un- un- un d der r the watchful t l eyes of ot as ls m ii 1 tar tary police pollee Last nights night's one oni untoward untoward un un- toward incident was the wounding of two Frenchmen by Ethiopian machine gun bandits J Late in the day Cornelius Van H. H Engert Enet the American minister at Addis Addle Ababa reported to Washington Washing Washing- ton that he had located Eleanor Me Meade de Ne New Ne York newspaper woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man whom he had previously re report reported reported re- re port ported d as as missing Exchanges Views View Great BiU Britain in facing in th the words of Anthony Eden the facts of Italian conquest undertook an exchange exchange exchange ex ex- ex- ex change of or views with its dominions of poul possible le League of Nations r reform re re- re form Th The rho league council meets next week at Geneva L London reports said the gold crown of ot Emperor Haile Hallo Selassie lay safely hidden in the dim vaults ofa London ban bank It The crown and other imperial Insignia in insignia In- In signia of the Ethiopian negus were brought secretly to London when the Italian advance began to threaten threat threat- en Addle Addis Ababa it w was disclosed Tremendously ly hea heavy y the crown is brim brimless and is surmounted by a large cross From Paris came the report written written written writ writ- ten by the usually well informed Genevieve that Mussolini had informed France he was determined determined determined de de- de- de to annex Ethiopia as an Italian colony with various arious au autonomous u- u tribes under a a. fascist governor French and British economic Interests interests In in- would be respected il II duce was reported to have promised