TROOPS MASSED
Italian Forces Near Abyssinia REPORT FROM ERITREA Men and Munitions Still Being Sent By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received April 10, 7 p.m.) London, April 9. Tlie Rome correspondent of “The Tinies” says that a steady trickle of men. material aud munitions continues from Italian ports to East Africa. The "Daily Mail’s” correspondent at Massowa, chief port of the Italian colony of Eritrea, says that there are at present 100,000 tons of shipping in tlie harbour. Every street is choked with the sinews of war from casks of Chianti Lo cases of cordite, and thousands of yards of barbed wire. All are hurried off to Asmara, the capital. SO miles away, as soon as possible. It is reported that 20.000 Italians, much heavy artillery, 200 aeroplanes and 40.000 native troops are massed on tlie Abyssinian frontier. Larger forces are assembling in Italian Somaliland. Meanwhile Abyssinia is buying guns and material from Japan.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 167, 11 April 1935, Page 7
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152TROOPS MASSED Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 167, 11 April 1935, Page 7
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