ARMS SHIPMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 7

ARMS SHIPMENT

FIVE MONTHS’ BAN AMERICAN LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE HOUSE. ) u WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. a The neutrality legislation banning e arms shipments from the United ri States to warring nations until Februt- ary 29, 1936, was passed in the House t of Representatives. >• After adjustment, of differences with the Senate, which favours a permanent. r * ban, the legislation will be sent to the ‘ White House. J FORMIDABLE ARMY J t ON ITALIAN NORTHERN J FRONTIER ’ HALF A MILLION MEN 1 Received Aug. 25, 9.5 p.m. BOLZANO, Aug. 24. P Half a million Italians are eni trenched on the northern frontier. It s is not only the niigntest army ever mobilised in Europe in peace-time i manoeuvres, but one of the most for--1 midably equipped armed organisations o the world has ever seen. It is believed , that the manoeuvres are Signor Musso- ? Imi’s answer to those who declare that Abyssinia has exposed Italy to European attack.?. WIDE APPEAL D 1 UNIVERSAL CHRISTIAN COUNCIL ■1 Received Aug. 25, 6.55 p.m. MONTREUX, Aug. 24. The Universal Christian Council, ref representing the Anglo-American Orthodox Greek Church and the Dani ish and French Catholic churches, telegraphed the Pope, the League and the r prime ministers of England, France, Italy, Ethiopia and the United States appealing to the whole of Christendom to unite in prayer and declare that a j- war undertaken without arbitration , would mean intolerable wrongs to ] mankind and Christ’s law. 1 t OVERRUN WITH SPIES abyssinian~allegation BARON FALCONI’S MOVEMENTS Received Aug. 25, 7.30 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 25. The Daily Telegraph’s correspondent, Mr. Percival Phillips, cabling from Addis Ababa, says that the Abys- , sinians declare that Baron Falconi’s ' previous mission to Debramarcos not only entailed the collecting of military i information, but the registering of ' Gojjamitc ex-soldiers who fought with L the Italians against the Senusai in the era of Ras Hailu, who is now imprisoned for a plot against the Emperor. ' Hailu encouraged his subjects to enlist in Eritrea in order to possess a modern army when they returned. They be- ' came excellent soldiers and now num- ’ bcr 20,000, whom the Ital ians desire to incorporate in their native army. It ) is alleged that a small group, promised t high pay by Baron Falconi, tried to cross the frontier ro Eritrea, where- • upon Dejasayale, Governor of Wolkait, ordered them to be flogged and sent home. ’ ‘The Abyssinians believe that the j Italians planned to rescue Hailu in 1932 when the aviator Franchetti (who was killed in a crash near Cairo re- , cently) landed a triple-engined ’plane > in Abyssinia. Authorities armed with ' rifles on the plea of guarding such a \ valuable machine, so closely supervised him that he was unable to reach ’ Hailu’s place of imprisonment. The , Gojjamites still resent Hailu’s deposi- ' tion, and this disaffection allegedly has been fomented by the Italians. The Abyssinians assert that the country is over-run with spies in the guise of consuls, merchants and couriers. ITALIAN COURAGE ADMIRED BY JAPANESE. i MILITARY MAN’S MESSAGE. ’ ROME, Aug. 23. 3 General Ito, the head of the Japau--3 ese military mission to Italy, has telegraphed to the Under-Secretary for 3 Air, General Valle, profoundly admir--3 ing the new great Italy and the courage and faith of its people, and expressing hopes for a continuance of the traditional friendships between 1 Japan and Italy. ) / mounting tension ABYSSINIAN PREPARATIONS GLOOM AMONG FOREIGNERS LONDON, Aug. 23. ’ The Addis Ababa correspondent of The Times says that gloom is increas- ‘ ing among the foreign population. Mer« vhnnts complain that there is no busi* ness, and threaten to depart. Missionaries of all denominations have boguu a lour days’ praver meeting on behalf of Ethiopia. I'he excitement over Baron Falconi's injury, which proved tu be very slight, exemplifies the mounting tension. Along the lines of the expected Itab ian advance the Abyssinians arc dij.* ging pits like wild animal traps, over which is placed a. wooden fraine-wort covered with turf and grass. Many villages are constructing aeroplane traps. A long-disused ammunition factory at Addis Ababa is being reconstructed in the greatest secrecy. The guards have been ordered to shoo* anyone entering the precincts SPANISH FEARS UPRISING IN MOROCCO Received Aug. 25, p. 50 p.m. , GIBRALTAR, Aug. 24. Spain tears an uprising of Moroccan ! ribesmen if Ethiopia is attacked. The War Office is creating large dumps of war material in readiness for trouble.