PROVOCATIVE ACTS.

Wairarapa Age, 20 May 1936, Page 5

PROVOCATIVE ACTS.

CHARGES AGAINST ITALIANS IN ADDIS ABABA.

FOREIGN LEGATION GROUNDS INVADED.

SIKHS REFUSE TO GIVE FASCIST SALUTE.

(Received Tuesday, 7.35 p.m.) JIBUTI, May 19. The Italians are undermining the rights of foreign legations by entering the grounds in a search for foreign residents. They ordered the Sikhs guarding the British Legation to give the Fascist salute, but the Sikhs refused. A high Italian officer is reported to have told British subjects: “We shall soon be ruling you in India as well.” DIPLOMATIC BAG DISAPPEARS. (Received Tuesday, 7.35 p.m.) JIBUTI, May 19. A British diplomatic bag addressed to the British Consul at Jibuti disap- ' feared between Addis Ababa and I Jibuti. Mr. Lowe, British Consul, was warned by telegram to meet the train and take charge of the bag, but the bag was not forthcoming when the train arrived and has not been seen since. FOREIGNERS TO REGISTER. ALTERNATIVE TO EXPULSION. (Received Tuesday, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 18. “The Times” Rome correspondent states that foreign residents in Addis Ababa have been ordered to present themselves to the Italian authorities for registration, otherwise they are liable to expulsion. SICK MAN ARRESTED. CHANCES OF RECOVERY PREJUDICED. (Received Tuesday, 7.35 pan.) JIBUTI, May 19. The Italians at Diredawa arrested Mr. Bonner, a warrant officer attached to the British ambulance unit in Abyssinia, while he was en route for Aden to undergo treatment for rabies. It is feared that the consequent delay will endanger his chances of recovery. NEW MOVEMENT. ENROLMENT OF ETHIOPIAN . YOUTHS. (Received Tuesday, 7.35 p.m.) ROME, May 18. Although the Italians are not yet recruiting adult Abyssinians, they have already started to enrol Abyssinian youths in a newly-fhunded organisation named the “ Abyssinia of the Lie tor. ” The uniform consists of a white cap, khaki shirt and shorts- and green neck scarf. The training includes military instruction.