DEPOSED EMPEROR
HAILI SELASSIE IN LONDON [FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT] LONDON, August' 2fl Tho deposed Emperor of Abyssinia is liouse-hunting in London becauso ho finds living in hotels too expensive. In an interview at tho Abyssinian Legation he said:— "I spent a very largo part of my fortune in the struggle for independence for my country. Now I have to economise, as best 1 can. I want the homo purely as a temporary residence for myself and my family while wo are in England, and as soon as I have bought it the Empress will come ovor from Jerusalem. 1 do not intend to settle in England. 1 still dream and hope of returning to Abyssinia. At present 1-hav©mofc-.tjio means." .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22525, 16 September 1936, Page 22
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120DEPOSED EMPEROR New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22525, 16 September 1936, Page 22
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