Word: duces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ethiopia ceased to exist separately. With swift strokes he divided his East African domain into five autonomous provinces under the supervision of Viceroy Pietro Badoglio in the new capital, Addis Ababa. The new provinces and their capitals: Eritrea (Asmara); Amhara (Gondar); Harar (Harar), Somaliland (Mogadiscio); Galla & Sidamo (Gimma). Il Duce also promised religious freedom to Moslems of his domain, returned the Ethiopian Coptic Christian Church to its old Egyptian affiliation...
Before leaving Africa, Marshal Badoglio had time to sit down in Addis Ababa, send off to Il Duce a long report containing an outline of a new system of justice for Ethiopia. The Viceroy suggested courts based on the extraterritorial courts of China, one for black Coptic Christians, another for white colonists and foreigners, a third for Moslems and a fourth for disputes between whites and natives...
...second adunata, held early last week, the occupation of Addis Ababa by Marshal Badoglio was announced. Four days later came the call for the third adunata which all Italy had been feverishly awaiting. Well drilled, the Italian people knew their posts, their cues. A good hour before Il Duce's speech, they had left their homes, cafes and shops to gather in public squares. In the shoeshine parlors and groceries of Brooklyn and Boston it was 3 :30 p. m. In Addis Ababa it was nearly midnight. But along the length of Italy's boot...
...veteran with a brilliant record, he later edited various nationalist papers, joined Benito Mussolini before the March on Rome. So quick was his rise as a party politician that at the age of 34 Giuseppe Bottai was Fascist Minister of Corporations, wielding more power than Il Duce thought good for him. Soon he was kicked upstairs to be Fascist Governor of Rome. When the African adventure developed, Fascist Bottai packed his kit without a word of protest, sailed for Ethiopia as a simple major of the line. For being a good boy, he had his reward last week when...
...Roman answer was a prompt and emphatic No. Il Duce promised to give France and Britain permission to cooperate in Ethiopia with him but not through an open door...