MORE TROOPS MOBILISED
Italy’s Steps to Guarantee Security of African Colonies PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ARMS SENT TO ADDIS ABABA (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 11 a.m. to-day. ROME, May 7. Signor Mussolini lias ordered the mobilisation of additional troops. - An official announcement says: “Owing to large supplies of arms having been sent to Addis Ababa by several European factories, Abyssinian mobilisation measures and the recent speech of the Emperor, precautionary measures must be taken to guarantee the security of our East African colonics. ”
Italy has, therefore, mobilised one army and two militia divisions. The order adds, many., thousands. to those 'already, on a war footing. The Under-Secretary for War stated in March that within a month there would be 600,000 men with the colours.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 8 May 1935, Page 7
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