BADOGLIO LEADS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 6 May 1936, Page 7

BADOGLIO LEADS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

Order Restored with Arrival of Troops SOUTHERN ADVANCE CONTINUES (Received 6, 1 p.m.) ADDIS ABABA, May 5. The Italian native column having effected a junction with mechanised troops, amid ecstasies of enthusiasm. Marshal Badoglio, while aeroplanes flew overhead, entered the city on a white charger at the head of a regiment of Bersaglieri in plumed hel niets and grey-green uniforms, with Signor Allessandro Lessona. Minister of Colonics, and Signor Guiseppe Bottani, Governor of Rome, beside him. Grenadiers, Alpini, staff officers, newspapermen and field kitchens, in addition to the regiments of the line, engineers and Black Shirt volunteers, followed. The news of the arrival flew in a score of different languages to thousands of refugees. Legation guards relaxed their vigilance for the first time since Sunday’s reign of terror, which culminated in a number of mutineers being ordered to be shot in order to ensure the safety of the Legations. The work of the British Legation staff and guards, many of whom had had no sleep for three days, is beyond praise. King Victor Emanuel telegraphed Marshal Badoglio expressing his gratitude to and approval of the intrepid and victorious troops under his able and wise command. “The Times’’ Addis Ababa correspondent says: “Complete order was restored with the entry of the Italians. The French Legation and Frenchmen besieged in railway buildings repulsed all attacks. Has Nasilni and Wahib Pasha, finding that the Italians harried their way of escape into French Somaliland, headed for Jibuti, where they arrived safely.’’ “The Times” correspondent at Rome says: “The Libyan Division, despite rainstorms, has resumed its advance on the southern front and has occupied Farso, 70 miles from Jijiga and 95 miles from Harar.” ■< _ .