MAKALE OCCUPATION

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1935, Page 7

MAKALE OCCUPATION

SHARING THE “HONOURS” ITALIANS AND' NATIVES STORY OF BITTER COMBAT Rec. 10 p.m. Rome, Nov. 7. While General Biroli’s Askaris are carrying out the most direct thrust on Makale the Italians do not wish the honour of the occupation to fall exclusively on the natives. Accordingly they have arranged for a column of regular Blackshirts now advancing towards Quika to swing westwards and participate in the entry into Makale and hoist the tricolour on the church of Endajesus, which the Italians under Colonel Galliani in 1895 transformed into a fort with the aid of- gravestones from the churchyard. Colonel Galliani held out for a month and then marched out with the honours of war, but was killed at Adowa. z 'The Askaris fought one of the bitterest combats of the war when they attacked Mount Gundi, meeting fire from well situated and cleverly hidden machine-guns. After two hours the situation became critical and the Italian officer leading the renewed advance was wounded, whereupon the infuriated Askaris swarmed up the hillside and bayonetted the defenders.

ASSURANCE TO EGYPT

BRITISH ANNOUNCEMENT WARSHIPS AT ALEXANDRIA Rec. 8.15 p.m. ' London, Nov. 7. It is officially announced that the British Government has informed the Egyptian Minister that Britain has no intention.of taking advantage of the international situation in order to change Egypt’s international status. The announcement added that Britain had no intention of making Alexandria a naval base and that the warships would-be withdrawn when the conflict between Italy and Abyssinia ended.

“WOOL FROM CASEIN”

DUCE SEES THE INVENTOR Rec. 10 p.m. Rome, Nov. 7. Signor Mussolini to-day received the inventor ahd . manufacturers of casein synthetic “wool.” They informed him that sufficient “wool” was being produced to clothe 30,000 people a month and a large increase in output was pro-, mised soon.