ENGLAND STOOD OUT.
REQUEST TURNED DOWN. FOB ABYSSINIAN MANDATE. United Press assn.—By Electric Telegraph'—Copyright, GENEVA, September 27. In order to record Britain’s position regarding two petitions by Galla tribes in Western Abyssinia, Mr Anthony Eden sent a letter to M. A venol stating that certain chiefs sought the aid of the British Consul at Gore in June and July, also the Sudan Commissioner at Gambelila in asking the League to confer a Western Abyssinian mandate on Britain which, however, informed the chiefs that she was not in a position to accept such a mandate. The Sultan of Gumai also petitioned regarding alleged depredations by Amliaric soldiers at Jimma. The British agent appointed to Jimma was instructed to protect foreigners. He reported on September 9 that the situation was uneasy owing to the strained relations between the Amharas and the Gallas, hut the chief's were protecting the missionaries.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13372, 28 September 1936, Page 5
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147ENGLAND STOOD OUT. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13372, 28 September 1936, Page 5
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