THE EMPEROR’S PLANS.
TO MAKE STAND IN TIMBER COUNTRY. CAPITAL TO BE ABANDONED. ADDIS ABABA, May 1. The Emperor, accompanied by Has Kassa, Has Getatchu and Has Berru, returned to the capital yesterday in heavy rain, almost unnoticed. Haile Selassie is planning to abandon the capital and to make a stand nn the timber country 60 miles westward. Tekla Hawariat is to remain behind with a 1000 police, to maintain order until the Italians arrive, when he will rejoin the Emperor.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 172, 4 May 1936, Page 5
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