ABYSSINIA.
GERMAN CONCESSIONIST'S CLAIMS. IJY TELEGItAriMIIESS ASSOOIATION—qQ? YBIOH. -London, April 21. Tho "Standard's" Borlm-correspondent, reports that Herr Holtz, tho representative of, a number of German banks, announces that ho has received from Menelik, Emperor of Abyssinia,; tho solo to run motorcars throughout Abvssraia, and the- right to establish /trading stations on motor tracks, convey mails, and build ethergraph plant. ' 1 ■'• '■;■ . 1 A 'Massowah ,". cablegram of January IS t. 'stated:—"tinder tho protest that.he was conneeted with -. a band , of German noblemen •visiting Abyssinia to shoot lions, Arnold Hold, y representing German manufacturers and banlis. V' asked King Menelik for a concession to establish a bank at Addis Ababa; also a spirit monopoly, and the right to run a motor ser'Vica bebveon JibutU and Addis Abeba.. Ho • promised Menelik 10 per cent, of the spirit v monopoly." . .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 7
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135ABYSSINIA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 7
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