POURING IN TROOPS
ITALIANS FOR ABYSSINIA. 50,000 IN TEN DAYS. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received September 30, 12.10 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 29. It is reported from Addis Ababa, that the Abyssinians are planning to concentrate 000 soldiers in every three square miles of threatened territory, thus depriving the Italians of the possibility of a pitched battle. Meanwhile 9000 additional troops, comprising the Gran Sasso Division, under the Duke of Bergamo, a cousin of lving Victor Emmanuel, . have sailed from Taranto, bringing the last ten days’ total to 50,000. The Italian Foreign Office spokesman, referring to the Emperor Haile Selassie’s threat to mobilise, pointed out that Abyssinia was always in a virtual state of mobilisation, Abyssinians having for many years massed troops on the borders of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. An early outbreak of hostilities would favour Italy, because the waterlioles were full. The Abyssinians were under-nourished; moreover, war would prevent a full harvest.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 8
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154POURING IN TROOPS Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 8
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