ETHIOPIAN REPLY.
A CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. LONDON, Sept.'2l. The Abyssinian reply has been handed to the Committee of Five. It is understood that it is entirely favourable, but seeks elucidation on two points—whether the Emperor will have power to veto foreign advisers, and whether the suggested Abyssinian concessions to Italy prevent the conclusion of commercial agreements with other countries.
Sir Percival Phillips, the Daily Telegraph’s Addis Ababa correspondent, says that the Emperor has accepted the League's proposals on condition that Italy is not given special economic concessions. “I will make no political, economic, or territorial concessions to Italy without compensation,” he said.
Ethiopia is shocked and angered by Signor Mussolini’s rapid refusal. The opinion is expressed that general mobilisation is now essential, but the order has not yet been given. A continuance of the rains is delaying a possible Italian offensive.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 253, 23 September 1935, Page 7
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