SLAVERY CUSTOM.
POSITION IN ETHIOPIA. Reference to the situation that has ariseli between Italy and Abyssinia and the problems facing the League of Nations Was made by Sir George Richardson, patron of the Rerauera Returned Soldiers' Club, in speaking at a social gathering held by the club. After describing the class of slavery still existent in Abyssinia as being similar to that of pro-Roman times, Sir George declared that it was impossible to abolish immediately the slave custom that had obtained for thousands of years. An attempt to hurry reform would probably result in internal revolution. "You cannot expect a native race to adopt the ways of civilisation in a day," he added.' "It is like pouring boiling water into a cold glass tumbler: it collapses under tho sudden change." 'in the course of his address Sir George touched oil the. respective military advantages of Italy and Abyssinia, the probable turn of events should war be declared, and the far-reaching effect that success by Ethiopia would have on the coloured races of the world.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 212, 7 September 1935, Page 15
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