Show HOME OF MODERN SLAVERY abyssinia la Is the onzy ony remaining free and independent native state in africa it Is also the last home ot of apen open slavery in its cap cantal tal adis abeba there are more slaves than free men the legation itself la Is full of slaves owned by the legation servants who would not take ser service vi cc it if they were not allowed to bring their chattels with them the legation compound Is british soil eoll yet not only do slaves who enter it not become instantly free but bul it if they have escaped their owners their owners can ana do enter it without hindrance to recapture them this Is an odd enough tact fact but a still odder one la Is mat a great many of these slave sare british subjects captured by slave siave raids into british territory slave rajas raids however require rifles and ammunition and as france england and italy have bound themselves under the arms convention 0 of 1913 not to supply munitions to the Abyssinia ns it is only america who Is now importing or seeking to aport arm into the couitt country ry arms destined mainly to fill the great abyssinian slave markets at tills mis moment a i large consignment of american cartridges and automatic rines is lying at the french port of awaiting the consent of the french authorities ties les to its transport into tile interior 1 and there is reason to belleve that the french authorities not be ing very much in rove love the arms convention and tear fear ing an 1 I incident n with tile america govern government ment wh which I 1 ch probably know nothing at all of 0 the allair affair as yet may shortly give their consent |