EMPEROR STANDING BY.
MOBILISATION DELAYED. LONDON, Sept. 28. Sir Percival Phillips, the Addis Ababa correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, reports that the Emperor of Ethiopia will refrain from general mobilisation until he is absolutely certain that danger to his frontiers can no longer be averted. He is waiting for further advices from his European observers. Only when they assure him that the last word has been said will he call on every Abyssinian capable of bearing arms to rally to the defence of the country. . He believes that even if the entire weight of the Italian, forces now assembled in East Africa, were thrown against him he would be able, by skilfully carried out guerrillu operations, to prevent a decisive result for the first three months. After that Italy is expected to collapse economically and financially under the weight of the sanctions which it is assumed will by then be applied. Air raids on Abyssinia will not win the war for Italy. Abyssinia is the only country in the world with a moveable capital. The present capital has no historic significance and can readily be changed without impairing the morale of the natives. The principal sufferers in such raids would be the European community, which carries on the bulk of the trade and commerce.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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