AFFABLE HAND-SHAKING.
ambassador and emperor.
LOYALTY IN ADDIS ABABA
(Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, September 24
11l a copyright message from Addis Ababa, the “Times” correspondent states that as an indication of his attachment to civilised principles the Emperor ceremoniously opened a new model prison, in the presence of the diplomatic corps, including Count Vinci (Italian Minister), whose ‘ attendance, accompanied by a greater number of the legation officials than from the other representatives, whs the most notable. Moreover, Count Vinci shook hands with the Emperor in a most affable manner.
The prison will accommodate 350 prisoners, the first of whom will enter to-morrow. The cells are hygienic and airy and prisoners’ pyjamas are laid out’on the beds. Reading rooms are provided, also a workshop to enable criminals to learn trades.
The Emperor, when returning to the palace, was greeted by thousands of gaily-dressed Mohammedans from Harrar Ogaden, also a number of Yemenis, with whom Abyssinia is ratifying a peace treaty. The demonstrators cheered his Majesty and presented arms mostly sticks and 1 bludgeons.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 294, 25 September 1935, Page 5
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