Word: djibouti
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Italy undisputed, dating from the Mussolini-Laval accord (TIME, Jan. 21, 1935). The French are the largest shareholders, holding 35%, but fear Italy has bought up nearly enough shares elsewhere to own stock control of this 494 miles of rail, linking Addis Ababa with the French port of Djibouti. Last week, according to the French, Il Duce had forced the road into a deficit for the first time in 14 years by ordering Viceroy Graziani last year to "ship nothing by rail on which freight has to be paid," using motor transport instead. Inadequacy of this was said to account...
...Cabinet of Premier Blum took most seriously last week a warning by its Secret Service that the Italians may simply seize the railway if they cannot get stock control, was said in Paris to be shown by. the fact that experienced French General Victor Denain was sent rushing to Djibouti...
...countermelody. With the little Emperor was his "good" son-in-law, Ras Desta Demtu, and Ras Kassa, who fought the Italians in the north. Sharp eyes could find no trace of lean Ras Nassibu, defender of Harar, who was last seen with the Emperor just before he sailed from Djibouti. Immediately sanguine tongues prattled that Ras Nassibu had gone back to fight some more for his country...
Marshal Badoglio caused a great stir in Paris when he announced that he was taking over the French-owned railroad from Addis Ababa to Djibouti (see col. 3). Before long normal rail service to the coast was restored...
This message severely reminded Italy of the 1906 treaty guaranteeing French rights in Ethiopia, notably the French railroad from Addis Ababa to Djibouti in French Somaliland.* Last week Italian soldiers were swarming all over this tidy French investment, giving orders to indignantly vociferous French engineers (see p. 23). Did Italy propose, M. Flandin asked, to maintain the "open door" in Ethiopia as France has done in French Morocco...