Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-28 | Page 3 | Italy Ponders Abandoning Somaliland, Eritrea

Italy Ponders Abandoning Eritrea I u u A ROME nOME Feb 28 INS UNS Italy may abandon and Eritrea Eritrea Eri Eri- trea to advancing British forces forCE'S and make her stand in the mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain fastnesses of Ethiopia the Italian press indicated Friday Premier Mussolini's own newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper the dItalia d'Italia of Milan made mafe this prediction as the Italian high command admitted that Mo- Mo capital of had been evacuated and presumably later occupied by British troops The lowlands of and Eritrea in east eat Africa are hardly defendable against modernized at attack attack at- at tack pointed out Thus both may be lost by the fortunes of war But in the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- of Ethiopia adequate de de- de- de lenses are possible said and the British drive which thus far has achieved considerable success success suc sue cess may be stopped in its tracks In addition to pre predicting the fall of Italy's two chief coastal colonies colonies colonies col col- col- col onies in east eat Africa had another piece of bad news ne for the Italian people From November to February the newspaper nC admitted five five troop transports were sunk In the Med Mad One carried noncombatants noncombatants noncombatants non- non combatants the paper said while the others were empty Loss of or Eritrea and would cut a huge hole in Italy's Italy empire