A NEW STATE

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 129, 2 June 1936, Page 9

A NEW STATE

ITALY IN EAST AFRICA KULE BY VICEROY CONSTITUTION ANNOUNCED FIVE PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS L"n!.ted Tress Association—By Electric Tel*graph—Copyright. (Received June 2, 9.20 a.m.) ROME, June 1.

Cabinet lias promulgated a Con* stilulion for Abyssinia which is to bo combined with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland under the name Italian East Africa and ruled by a Viceroy with supreme power, assisted by two consultative bodies, namely, a Governing Council, consisting of the highest State officials, and a Consultative Council, including six Italian citizens appointed by the Viceroy from agricultural, industrial, and. commercial interests, six native chiefs, and notables. East Africa is to be divided into five Governorships in Amhara, Galla, Harrar, Somaliland, and Eritrea.

The Coplic Church will be recognised and respected in all Christian parts of Abyssinia.

It is announced in Vatican circles that the Pope intends to establish a Roman Catholic hierarchy in Abyssinia by the appointment of an arch* bishop with six or seven bishops. COURTSHIP~OF BRITAIN ITALY'S SUDDEN CHAME ATTRIBUTED TO FEAR FATEFUL LEAGUE MEETING LONDON, June 1* Evidence is reaching London front all quarters of Italy's anxiety to establish better relations with Britain before the fateful date of June 15, when the League faces the accomplished fact of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia.

A reliable authority at Rome says that an atmosphere of optimism ha* already been created, accompanied by a marked drop in anti-British propaganda. It is difficult, however, to ascertain the facts on which the change is based, for there are no signs from London of any change in the Government's policy against a bilateral, agree* ment outside the League.

There is one important factor—name* ly fear. Italy fears the effects of Hailc Selassie's visit to London, fears the fusion of anti-Fascist passion in England and France, fears that the influence of English religious opinion has been fanned by the Archbishop of Canterbury's repeated denunciations, and Anally is concerned at the diminution of Italian trade and the gold reserve.

These factors may be sufficient t» account for Italy's sudden courtship o£ Britannia.

The "Daily Mail's" Rome correspondent confirms the wave of op* timism.

Italy's reorientation towards Britain is the subject of Press comment at Paris. "Pertinax" expresses the opinion that British re-armament is the reason for this.

A special correspondent of the "Petit Parisien," who has just returned from Rome, says: "These last three weeka I have been witnessing a change. It is towards London rather than towardi Paris that the Italians are looking to* day. It is curious how sensitive it public opinion at Rome to the slightet* influence." SELASSIE'S VOYAGE LONDON, June 1. A wireless message from the Orfori! states that the Abyssinian Empero; who will stay at the Ritz Hotel in Lon don, had tea in his suite with his fam ily. Afterwards he came on deck when the ship was passing through th« Strait of Gibraltar and was formally received by the captain in his state room.