STILL UNDEFEATED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 84, 8 April 1936, Page 7

STILL UNDEFEATED

WILL FIGHT TO END

SELASSIE’S CONFIDENCE IN LEAGUE JUSTICE OF HIS CAUSE fßy Telegraph—Fresi Association-U»p> rightj ADDIS ABABA. April 6. “Ethiopia is not defeated; my armies are prepared to fight until not a single aggressor remains in Abysainia.” declared the Emperor Haile Selassie, in an interview. “We certainly arc nut suing fur peace,’* he added. “We haxe accepted the offer, and arc ready at any moment, to begin negotiations within the framework of the League of Nations and the spirit of the Covenant. Neverthcle.-s. there has already been a month s delay in arranging the negotiations which the Committee of Thirteen suggested. , “We are also disappointed at the tuntinual non-applicati.»n of effective .sanctions, which would end this cruel war. Italy, despite her pledge not tn resort to such means, is utilising the delay to employ the most horrib.e and barbarous methods, resulting in open j towns being bombed and peaceful ei- i vilians, who are far from the fronts and | in places where it is impossible to j lead l military necessity, being ciuelly burned with gas. Nevertheless despite the overwhelming odds and man if dd atrocities, the morale of cur troops and people is excellent. The Ital -.n allegations to the contrary are odious lies circulated in order to influence the League during the negotiations. “We are convinced that the League ha< not abandoned collective security but will admit the justice of the Abyssinian cause and demand immediate and i effective sanctions on behalf of a loyal member. * PUSHING SOUTH THE ITALIAN' INVADERS 100 MILES FROM DESSIE. Received April 7. pm. LONDON. April 6. Lt is reported from Home that native troops captured Aiamata. 1" miles ?outh : of Quoram, heavily punishing the rem-i nants of the Emperor’s guard and cap-' taring a large quantity of forsaken; material. The Italians are J-'.O miles from j Dessie. Aeroplanes again bombed Sasa Baneh. The Daily Mail’.- Rome corre>j*ondent j says that the Italians, swiftly pressing: the pursuit, entered Corbo within 100 mile> of Dessie. Feeling Concerning Sanctions. While Rome is believing that a ; triumphant end to the war is imminent ; and Italian newspapers are claiming} that the Emperor is fleeing to Dessie. I and aircraft bombing and “s.raffing* his retreating warriors, the Committee'; of Thirteen will meet at Geneva on i Wednesday to seek a settlement of the war. The Committee will meet with 1 the knowledge that the Emperor can no longer effectively resist an enemy employing every device of modern war-1 fare, and, according to the Daily Teb- ' graph’s diplomatic correspondent, that important members of the League are unprepared to maintain existing sanctions against Italy, much less increase The Geneva correspondent of The Times says it is recognised in Geneva that in its correspondence with Sen or de Madariaga, chairman of the Committee of Thirteen, the Italian Government conveys a plain intimation that the Italian viewpoint is that any peacr negotiations must take place outside the League so long as sanctions are in force and the resolution declaring Italy the aggressor is unrescinded. MILITARY PRESSURE ITALIANS NOT RELAXING Received April 7. 9.55 p.m. ROME. April 6. An official spokesman indicated that | the fact that the ItaEan delegation was ■ going to Geneva could not be interpreted as a suggestion that the military I pressure was relaxing in Abyssinia. C’n 1 the contrary, operations would continue; whatever happened in Europe. The} Italians were only going to Geneva to | attend the Locarno meetin«» . ■ ITALIAN PROTEST JIELD HOSPITAL BOMBARDED. Received April 7, 9.5 p.m. GENEVA, April 6. Italy has protested that Abyssinian artillery bombarded an Italian field hospital on March causing heavy casualties. ASHANGI BATTLE EMPEROR AT THE FRONT. Received April 7. 9.5 p.m. ; ADDIS ABABA, April «. Reports of the Ashangi battle from the front show that Selassie, during th'’ i first 36 hours, remained at headquarters j directing the defence. Then, finding• the Italians outclassing and outnumber-! ing his troops he went to the front with an Imperial Guard machine-gun detach- • went and remained two davs without } feleep handling a machine-gun. EMPEROR’S CAR REPORTED CAPTURE Received April I. 11.20 p.m. ASMARA, April 7. ' A luxurious black limousine believed to be the Emperor’s, was captured by j Askari flying columns after attacking t and routing an isolated detachment ©i | the Imperial Guard soutn of Quoram. , Italian aeroplanes- afterwards bombed I two mnfor-cars moving southwards I along the main Dessie