Haile Selassie’s Entry into Addis Ababa

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 109, 9 May 1941, Page 7

Haile Selassie’s Entry into Addis Ababa

(British Official Wireless.) Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m. RUGBY, May 7. The triumphant entry of Haile Selassie into Addis Ababa on the fifth anniversary of its occupation by the Italians is a source of great satisfaction in London. Although operations still continue in the interior of Abyssinia and while it would be premature to assume that the final collapse of the Italian forces is at hand, the Emperor’s entry into his capital affords striking proof not only of the brilliant success which has so far attended the campaign for the liberation of Abyssinia but of the measure of assistance extended by the British Government. Thus Britain has fully implemented her promise which on the morrow of the Italians’ participation in the war was given to tne Emperor in London, when jiaeiiities were also extended to him to return immediately to Africa. In the Commons on February 4 Mr. Anthony Eden, after stating that the British Government would welcome the reappearance of an independent Ethopian .State, added: ‘“The Emperor intimated that fie will need outside assistance and guidance. The British Government agrees with this view and considers that any such assistance and guidance in economic and political matters should be an international arrangement at the conclusion of peace. It reaffirms that it has no territorial ambitions in Abyssinia.” A high tribute is paid to the manner in which the patriot forces have rallied to the Emperor’s standard and the courage and endurance displayed in action and under the hardship of long marches