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Practical. 1) Italy's two East African colonies, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, are unconnected except by the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. As early as 1906, France and Britain gave her permission to build a railroad through Abyssinia to connect the two. Only a military expedition will make it possible...
Besides Kennedy, members of the Smoker committee include: Aden S. Blodgett, Sherman Brayton, Arthur T. Howard, Franklin M. Ludden, John Nesmith, Robert L. Pope, John S. Radway, Timothy J. Reardon, Jr., and Courtney C. Smith...
...Julian. "To the news of Italy's aggression my instinctive reaction was at once to take off for Abyssinia in my black Bellanca plane (see cut). However, I restrained my ardor whilst assembling some combat and bombing equipment which I will take with me by ship to Aden, thence flying the planes to Addis Ababa...
...minute but highly strategic triangle of French territory commanding the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, thus giving Italy a potential war base in this bottleneck between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden...
...frantic evening cabling summaries. In sum France and Italy agreed: 1) that Italy will receive some 58,000 sq. mi. of French African territory, also a share in the French-controlled strategic railway which dominates Abyssinia, and an outlet providing Italy with a port on the Gulf of Aden; 2) that Italy will aid France toward bringing Germany to a reasonable stabilization of her armaments and in inducing the Fatherland to return to the League; 3) that Austrian independence shall be guaranteed by a general pact of the Danubian States, plus Italy and France, with Britain invited to adhere...