ITALIAN PROGRESS IN ABYSSINIA
UNREST REPORTED (BRITISH OrrifUL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, June 9. Questioned in the House of Commons on the present position in Abyssinia, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs .(Lord Cranbornc) said that the Government had no information since the capture of Addis Ababa on May 5, and Harra* - and Diredawa shortly afterwaids, thau there had been any great extension of the area which was occupied by the Italian forces during the concluding stages of the campaign. Reports from Western Abyssinia indicated the existence of considerable unrest and general insecurity, a feature of the latter being hostility between the Galla and Arahara elements in the population. Having regard to the possibility of disorder in this part of the country, the British Consulates at Mega and Maji had been temporarily closed, in view of the impossibility of ensuring the safety of their staffs.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21806, 11 June 1936, Page 13
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