ITALY ACCUSED
VILIFICATION CAMPAIGN ABY SSINIA INDIG NANT CONFIDENCE IN LEAGUE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—-United Press Assn.) ADDIS ABABA. July 20. ‘“'ltaly is seeking :i pretext to initiate a campaign of vilification with a view to eventual conquest,” declared the Emperor of Abyssinia in the course of a special statement. ‘‘Thus far,” he .said, “Italy has found nothing better than a drunken brawl between native employees of a commercial agency and the,local police, which it has misrepresented as a grave international incident.
“ Recognising that military preparations are un justifiable, morally and judicially, Italy seeks to justify her refusal to execute her,international engagements by denouncing us as savages, yet herself resorting to the most savage methods of'all. She is also seeking to create dissension between our races and religions which were never more united.
“We categorically announce ‘that we will not accept a solution involving an Italian or any other protectorate or mandate.
“The issue is between a small nation whose attitude is pacific, but’which is resolved to defend her territorial integrity and political independence which members of the League arc obliged to safeguard, and a great nation avowing preference for glorious war and cynically urging the necessity for expansion.” The Emperor protests against the arbitrary application of an arms embargo, which would help the stronger nation and which would be counter to all concepts of modern civilisation.
’He adds that he confidently awaits the League’s decisions.
MUSSOLINI INCENSED MAKING' STRONG PROTEST ROME, July 20. Signor Mussolini is incensed at the speech made by the Emperor of Ethiopia. He considers it warlike and has instructed the. Minister at Addis Ababa strongly to protest. It is semi-officially announced that Azione Colonialo admits 70 sunstroke deaths among Italian forces in East Afrirfa.
BRITISH PRECAUTIONS CAIRO, July 20. One million sand-bags have been dispatched to Addis Ababa to protect the British legation in the event of war, which Egypt believes inevitable.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18764, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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