ABYSSINIAN CHIEFS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22905, 12 June 1936, Page 9

ABYSSINIAN CHIEFS

SUBMISSION TO ITALIANS ' ROME, June 10. General Graziani has received the submission of Kns Hnilu and over 50 other Abyssinian chiefs. THE VICEROY'S PROMISE ADDIS ABABA, June 10. The Viceroy h'aa solemnly promised generosity towards the loyal, and has threatened ruthlessness towards the treacherous. "THE WAR GOES ON" LONDON, June 11. (Received June 11, at 8.;)0 p.m.) "Abyssinia is still unconquercd, and the war rocs on." said M. Ilcrrouy, Foreign Minister for Abyssinia, on his arrival in London, where he will resume his post as advisor to the Emperor. " The Government still rules from Gore, in the west, where there are 10,000 well-armed warriors. Ras Desta, in the south, has 15,000 men, and scattered troops from Ogaden are reforming. Rains have immobilised the Italians, whose aeroplanes are helpless owing to low clouds, and the roads are useless. They are prisoners in their own garrisons. The Abyssinian armies will resume resistance in October, when the rains arc over. \t will be mountain warfare. A third of the country is still intact."

EMPEROR IN LONDON

(Brtllsn Official Wireless.) HUG BY, June 10. The Duke of Gloucester called at the house in Kensington whore the Emperor of Ethiopia is staying' incognito. The Duke became acquainted with the Emperor when lie visited Addis A balm some 'years ago to represent the late King at the Imperial coronation. The visit to the Emperor to-day was in recognition of the hospitality which his Royal Highness received on that occasion and was of a private and informal nature.

The Emperor's daughter, Princess Tshai, who accompanied him to London, was conducted over the House of Parliament by one of the women members this afternoon, and was present in the ladies gallery of the House of Commons.