| Show WITY TOY ITALY PLANS ETHIOPIA mats fighting Mili ting 0 all about world Is asking Aski jig lyl lats the fighting nil fill about with mussolini apparently deter ruined lined to launch hunch a war against ethiopia E thi opia within a few weeks this Is a question willell which tho the whole world is asking mussolini has demanded that the ancient african nation humble itself because of alleged misdeeds italian subjects along the borders of eritrea and italian Soma liland ho he has charged have suffered from raids by Krop eror hallo Selas sies young men n 0 of thein have been shot and thoro there has been much plundering Il ejectIng this on the grounds that these italian subjects tire are the same kind of people as the and often have been guilty of a little raiding on oil their own hook tho the experts point to the fact that II 11 duce has suggested to franco france and ED england that ho he desired to establish a protectorate over a largo large slice of northeastern abyssinia having interests in africa of their own which might bo be jeopardized france franca and england have been cold to this idea just as they have been cold to the report that the italian dictator contemplates pushing tho the italian Somal lland frontier 00 90 miles into abyssinian territory to include valuable lands and oil wells meanwhile the zero hour approaches preaches pro aches cs it looks as if tile the fighting la Is sure to start some time in september te and the famous treaty of perpetual friendship signed in 1928 between tho the two nations will go tile the same way as aa other treaties havo have gone into the oblivion of the wastebasket already mussolini Is moving troops into and italian Soma Iland liland some being reported there awaiting tho the zero hour plus this italis forces include about native troops will mussolini be able to do the job ahead tho the experts giving consideration to italia superior aerial forces and to advancements in military science which she will enjoy are uncertain abyssinia they point out need not depend upon well equipped armies but upon her climate and upon wild wila tribesmen that are as resourceful as were our rebellious bel lious indian tribes more than a century ago mussolini la Is asked to remember that hat abyssinia has never been conquered que redby by white men in all her history and an her dh history dates I 1 back to B 0 Is of professions to your abyssinian it is literally truo true that ho he would ratler rather fight than eat cat the emperor lu in times of peace always hag bah been able on short notice to summon an army anny of men now with it II duce buce shaking his flat fist tile emperor can count on men many of them equipped with modern military rifles rides and some understanding der of tile the kind of jot job that hat t awaits the italian dictator Is to bo be found in recent dispatches s saying that raw meat was served at a n ro ra cent feast of emperor selassie Se lassle |
