BOMBS AT ADDIS ABABA

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1937, Page 7

BOMBS AT ADDIS ABABA

ITALIAN LEADERS WOUNDED. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.j ROME. February 20. An official communique states that after a distribution of gifts at churches and mosques in Addis Ababa, a section of the crowd threAV several hand-grenades, slightly wounding General Graziani (Governor of Abyssinia) and seriously wounding General Liotta and several others, including Bishop Circillo, a native bishop of the Coptic Church. * It is believed that the natives rounded up after the affair will be given a spectacular trial to impress the Abyssinians. Those found guilty will be shot. A censorship has interrupted news from Addis Ababa, and thus further details of the attempt are lacking. It is believed that the bombs were homemade. The Italians are perturbed at the news, as they are continually told that Abyssinia welcomes Italian rule.

SURGEON TO OPERATE.

LONDON, February 20. The Rome correspondent of the British United Press says that an eminent surgeon has gone to Addis Ababa by air. It is believed that expert treatment is essential for General Liotta, who is gravely wounded in the abdomen and a leg. General Graziani is seriously wounded in the hand, and there is anxiety about Bishop Circillo. GENERAL LOSES LEG. (Received February 22, 3 p.m.) ROME, February 21. General Liotta’s leg has been amputated. His condition is satisfactory. Professor Cesare Antonucci, who flew from Rome with Doctor Giovanni Barbera, performed the operation. The other slightly wounded are improving rapidly. Two thousand Abyssinians were arrested. A communique declares that tranquility has been restored throughout Abyssinia. SOVIET FILM. SHANGHAI, February 20. Because of the showing of a Soviet film of Abyssinian war incidents, 10 Italian soldiers fired revolvers and raided the projecting room of the theatre, smashed the apparatus, and thrashed two Russian operators, who were sent to hospital.