FIGHTING IN ABYSSINIA
BERLIN, November 11. The Cologne Gazette has published details of a fight between two minor Abyssinian princes, Abrase and Adete. The battle lasted .three days, and 3000 persons are said to have been killed on both sides. The Empress Tiatu supported Adete, the victor. in devastating his rival's country. , The Emperor Menelik afterwards countermanded'her orders. LONDON, November 14. Prince Abrase and several of the chiefs •who were captured with him have been sentenced to death. The rest, who were to have had a hand and foot severed, have had their sentences commuted, but «U will be exiled.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 23
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