RADIO OPERATORS.
HEAVILY GUARDED LEGATIONS. HALF OF CAPITAL IN RUINS. (Received This Day, 12.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. The radio operators are heavily guarded at the legations in stricken Addis Ababa. They flash hourly bul-
letins, while the Italian armies draw slowly nearer, unaware that agitators arc urging the complete destruction ox the city in order to roll the invaders of a triumphal entry. Halt of the town is already in ruins, including tho palace, post office, railway shops, railway warehouses, Customs houses and business premises. The main Italian column is 30 miles distant, its motor vehicles hampered by bad roads, hut the askari advance guards are in sight of the city, though they may await the ceremonial entry of the victors.
The advance guard is travelling the road taken by the Duke of Gloucester when, amid rejoicings, he visited Addis Ababa- for Haile Selassie’s coronation in 1930.
The askaris must pass the British Legation, four miles from the city, in which are are 1000 refugees, including Abuna, the chief Coptic bishop. These arc under the protection of the Union Jack.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 172, 4 May 1936, Page 5
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