ABYSSINIAN WAR
THE REPUDIATED TRUCE. EXPLANATION OF THE MYSTERY. MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) ROME, March 10. The mystery of the report of the suspension of hostilities in Abyssinia has been cleared up. Authoritative quarters explain that a truce was actually called by mistake. It appears that the Government considered a truce last week as the Italian high command in Eritrea favoured it for military reasons, because a halt would not endanger Marshal Badoglio’s positions. Political developments on Saturday led Signor Mussolini to decide against the truce and he conveyed his decision during a wireless telephone talk on Sunday. Atmospherics, however, were so bad that Marshal Badoglio misunderstood Signor Mussolini’s orders, leading to the announcement of the truce and the subsequent repudiation.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 127, 11 March 1936, Page 6
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