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...Emperor Haile Selassie ordered 5.000 troops from Addis Ababa to suppress a mutiny in Gojjam, where the rumored death of Ras Hailu, deposed as Governor two years ago, was attributed to His Majesty. The Emperor's spokesmen said Gojjam's mutineers had been duped by Italian propaganda...
...famed Swedish Humanitarian Eric Dahlberg warned his countrymen what might be the result of Haile Selassie's visit to Stockholm in 1925 as Prince Regent. On that occasion the little Ethiopian persuaded crack Swedish officers including General Virgin to resign from the Army, took them to Addis Ababa where they have trained Ethiopian troops. Said Herr Dahlberg: "We are not sure but what if Italian aviators fail to get our Swedish military instructors at Addis Ababa they may not try to get some of our Swedish ambulance units in the field...
Britain authorized Sir Sidney Barton, His Majesty's Minister at Addis Ababa, to act on behalf of the Swedish Government (which has no representative in Ethiopia) and demand an official report from the Emperor...
...local press had been ordered by the Emperor never to apply discourteous epithets to Benito Mussolini. Finally only genius could enable the Emperor to put himself-a frail, exquisite Semite who speaks French-on terms of friendly respect with robust Anglo-Saxon correspondents when they arrived in Addis Ababa and promptly nicknamed him "Little Charlie...
...Addis Ababa warrior chiefs of the Noble Savage type bitterly and contemptuously complain, "Our Emperor is a businessman!" They should thank Ethiopia's stars. The astounding marvel is that Africa's unique Museum of Peoples has produced a businessman-with high-pressure publicity, compelling sales talk, the morals of a patent medicine advertisement, a grasp of both savage and diplomatic mentality, and finally with plenty of what Hollywood calls IT. The Emperor was "too smart" only once in 1935, when he tried by granting the Rickett Concession to Standard Oil to embroil the U. S. directly in Ethiopia...