WAR WITHIN A WAR
From Ethiopia came a wireless dispatch from Harold Denny, correspondent to the ‘ New York Times,’ telling .of the war within a war which has been raging at Harrar for'six weeks, ’ Three British journalists at Harrar protested to their Consul that the British Consulate, on. a mountainside overlooking Harrar, virtually had been /taken over by two ’American correspondents. The correspondents had moved in, along with half .a _ dozen British photographers, on the invitation of the Consul, Mr E. A. ChapmanAndrew, when Harrar had its first bomh scare. 1 Said Mr Denny“ They set up mess in the Consul’s dining room, turned the consular office into a lounging room, and prepared to dodge bombs. ... “Nothing happened. The guests stayed on, however, for the Consulate is the most comfortable and companionable place in Harrar, and the food is excellent. They are still there. . . .” British “ ousiders ” say that the Americans have taken over the place and are “ running the show.” When the Consul is away, as he frequently is, the Americans tell the _ outsiders they have orders not to admit them. They beat British correspondents to news, and tell them the Consul is away when he is at home. British correspondents accuse them of having written up a press conference beforeit happened, and then given sleeping tablets to the Consul so that he could not appear.
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Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 7
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226WAR WITHIN A WAR Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 7
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