STI.LL UNDEFEATED

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1936, Page 11

STI.LL UNDEFEATED

WILL FIGHT TO THE END

SELASSIE'S CONFIDENCE IN LEAGUE

JUSTICE OF HIS CAUSE

(Received April 7, 11.45 a.m.) ADDIS ABABA, April 6. "Ethiopia is not defeated; my armies are prepared to light until not a single aggressor remains in Abyssinia," declared the Emperor Haile Selassie, in an interview.

"We certainly are not suing for peace," he added. "We have accepted the offer, and are ready at any moment, to begin negotiations within the framework of the League of Nations and the spirit of the Covenant. Nevertheless, there has already been a month's delay in arranging the negotiations which the Committee of Thirteen suggested.

"We are also disappointed at the continual non-application of .effective sanctions, which would end this cruel war. Italy, despite her pledge not to resort to such means, is utilising the delay to employ the most horrible and barbarous methods, resulting in open towns being bombed and peaceful civilians, who are far from the fronts and in places where it is impossible to plead military necessity, being cruelly burned with gas. Nevertheless, despite the overwhelming odds and manifold atrocities, the morale of our troops and people is excellent. The Italian allegations to the contrary are odious lies circulated in order to influence the League during the negotiations. "We are convinced that the League has not abandoned collective security but will admit the justice of the Abyssinian cause and demand immediate and effective sanctions on behalf of a loyal member."