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Just prior to the Coronation of the Emperor Power of Trinity I of Abyssinia the Associated Press reported from Addis Ababa that Colonel Julian, "then chief of the Abyssinian Air Force, had crashed in the presence of His Majesty, destroying a plane which had been a Coronation gift and so enraging Power of Trinity I that he stripped him of all honors, ordered him out of the country in such poverty that the U. S. colony in Addis Ababa had to make up a purse to pay the Black Eagle's fare home (TIME...
...possible hitch: Mr. Scullin might tell the British Minister to inform the Emperor of Abyssinia that black is white; at the same time Prime Minister Forbes of New Zealand might tell him to say that black is pink; and either Canada's Bennett or Mr. MacDonald might instruct him to say that black is green...
...Approved a request by the Dominions that their governments may communicate with the government of a non-Empire nation "directly." Today if Prime Minister James Henry Scullin of Australia wishes to communicate diplomatically with the Emperor of Abyssinia he must do so through the British Foreign Office in London. Under the new scheme he would telegraph what he wanted to say to the British Minister in the Abyssinian Capital...
Fortunately, during the Coronation period, Abyssinia is trying to appear as civilized as possible. The Duke of Gloucester would certainly blanch at any penal amputation. Therefore Colonel Julian was allowed to scuttle out of Abyssinia-a man without a country. Wrote one of his white admirers, Colyumist Beverly Smith of Manhattan's Herald Tribune: "Julian [on Sept. i, the day he sailed for Abyssinia] was one of the happiest men I have ever seen. His whole heart was set on the glory of the imperial Abyssinian Coronation . . . when he was to direct the aerial maneuvers from the new imperial...
...Last night the sad news came in . . . high tragedy, I think. . . . Abyssinia's loss is New York's gain...