REVOLT PLANNED.
SELASSIE TO LEAD PEOPLE.
LONDON, October 31
The Emperor of Abyssinia, Haile Selassie, who is in the Sudan, is preparing to lead the Abyssi'nians .against Italy..
Fighting had never ceased since 1938, and now it had blazed urn move fiercely than ever, he told the 8.8.0. observer, Mr Richard tDimbleby. “I am here to lead the fight for Abyssinian freedom and help our ally, Britain, in. her larger Struggle against tyranny. I know well the treacherous methods employed by the Italians,” he said. The Emperor has been in the Middle East for some time. To-day he met Abyssinian chiefs who* had crossed the border to swear allegiance to him.
GREEK ARMY IN EQYPT.
TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS
ATHENS, November 1
Greek officers anei going to Egypt to organise and train 15,000 Greek volunteers, who. will be formed into separate units.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 19, 2 November 1940, Page 5
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