TRAITORS IN NORTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 7

TRAITORS IN NORTH.

ARMED MEN JOIN INVADER. ABYSSINIANS FEAR REVENGE. United Press Association.—Copyright.—Rec. 2 p.m. LONDON, October 13. The British United Press Adowa correspondent says that Gugsa, who is 27, is tasting the joys of his new allegiance and is shopping extensively in Adowa s best shop. He rides in an Italian car, wearing a huge revolver and a Sam Browne belt, and red-striped trousers. From Adigrat it is stated that an additional column of 1 000 Abyssinian warriors arrived on the Italian front line with new Belgian rifles and threw in their lot with the invaders. The chief stated that the Governor of West Tigre, with 20,000 men and 20 machine guns, was also anxious to desert, but feared Ras Seyoum's revenge. A dispatch from Harrar states that a Somali chief, Samatarri, joined the Abyssinians with 2000 followers. Other pro-Italian chiefs were not so lucky as Gugsa, a report from Addis Ababa announcing that seven Somali leaders, possessing large sums of Italian currency, were shot as spies. An Abyssinian Army, under the Crown Prince, is concentrating in the area from Sokota to Amba Ahaji, 120 miles southward of the Italian front. A Minister to succeed Dr. Hawariat has left for Paris.