CONCILIATION EFFORTS

Evening Star, Issue 22249, 29 January 1936, Page 14

CONCILIATION EFFORTS

HUE CONSIDERED FAVOURABLE i ITALIAN PRESS OPINION , Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright VATICAN CITY, January 27. The ‘ Osservatore Romano ’ suggests that the time is again favourable for conciliation " efforts, owing to the success of (he Italian military operations in Abyssinia and because the danger of a controversy in connection with Locarno may spread beyond the Mediterranean and also because M. Flandin, as French Foreign Minister, may. be able to mollify British opposition aroused by the failure of the LavalHoare proposals. The article is understood to express the personal view-of the Pope. REPORTED ITALIAN GAINS ROME, January 27. .Marshal Badoglio’s communique claims that the Abyssinian dead in the battle of Ganale Dory numbered at least 10,000, while the Italian losses were small. The Italians captured enormous quantities of arms and animals, personal baggage, and a Belgian officer, who was advising Ras Desta from a high-powered wireless station. BOMBING OF AMBULANCES ADDIS ABABA, January 27. . Dr Schuffler and Captain Broaphy, in charge of the Ethiopian Third Red Cross unit, have requested that Geneva’s attention be drawn to the Italians’ repeated bombing of ambulances near Makale, declaring that five women and two child patients were killed on January 18. THE WAR FRONTS ' STALEMATE INDICATED. HOME, January 28. (Received January 29, at 12.10 p.m.) A communique from Marshal Badoglio announces that in a reconnaissance in Wadari, on the southern front, an entire Swedish Red Cross camp hospital was captured, including five lorries, one of which contained 27 cases of ammunition and other booty. Wadari included large enemy depots of grain and coffee. Though Signor Mussolini enthusiastically congratulated Marshal Badoglio and his troops, Marshal Badoglio’s own summary of the situation seems to indicate a stalemate. A communication from Harrar says that the Italians are still striving to recover the lost positions. Gerazmatch Takla, pursuing guerrilla tactics, made a night raid on the Italian post at Akebela and killed 10 and wounded five, but was compelled to abandon two wounded warriors, whom he alleges Italian reinforcements burnt alive. Abegaz Nagatche’s -warriors captured five Italians in a surprise attack near Adowa. Dedjazmatch Salie ambushed 300 Eritreans in Tembien and killed an Italian captain and 50 Askaris. The remainder fled. Dedjazmatch Shale killed the leader and 300 Askaris, All these raids preceded a four-day battle in Tembien, after which lias Kassa’s and Ras Scyoum’s troops divided into hundreds of small groups and resumed harassing the invaders, who ineffectually retofed with mountain guns.