EXCITEMENT IN ROME.
WAITING FOR FALL OF CAPITAL
HOSTILITIES MAY CEASE
ROME, May 2. Italy is breathlessly awaiting to celebrate the fall of Addis Ababa.
Marshal Badoglio is moving up from Dessye to participate in the triumphal entry into Addis Ababa. Signor Mussolini’s son-in-law Flight-Captain Ciano, in attempting a test landing at the Akaki aerodrome, seven miles from the capital, received a burst of machine gun fire which pierced the petrol tanks, forcing the crew to stop the holes with rags, to enable a safe return. “II Tevere” asserts that Addis Ababa is likely to be occupied to-morrow. It is believed in London that when Addis Ababa falls Marshal Badoglio, who will then control two-thirds of Abyssinia, will cease hostilities and demand the submission of the chieftains, who presumably will surrender.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 172, 4 May 1936, Page 5
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