Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been terrified," cried Sir Samuel, "at the thought we might lead Ethiopia to think the League could do more than it can, and that finally we should find a terrible moment of disillusionment in which Ethiopia might be altogether destroyed as an independent State...
...were Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, was the one logical move in a British fortnight of illogic. In the popular mind "Eden" stands for going whole hog against Italy, but in the House of Commons he has said that The Deal or any other arrangement acceptable to Italy, Ethiopia and the League would not be opposed by Britons. This stand by popular young Captain Eden promised well for a peaceful solution, except that the personal antipathy between Eden and Mussolini and the wild anti-Eden rage to which Italians have been worked up, made his appointment the most inflammatory...
Finally His Majesty announced himself willing to accept supervision of the entire Empire of Ethiopia under League of Nations' auspices. But Haile Selassie "would not grant Italy a preponderance of strength or influence...
...Everett Andrew Colson. It resembles Deal No. i in so many vital respects as to suggest that Premier Pierre Laval and Sir Samuel Hoare were not indulging in hypocrisy when they voiced confidence that Deal No. i was acceptable at least as a basis for negotiation to Italy, Ethiopia and the League. It proved not acceptable last week to British public opinion...
Public Relations Counsel Josef Israels 2nd, who will soon set up in Manhattan a high-powered bureau of Ethiopian information, predicts that the world's news services, which he estimates to have spent over $1,000,000 in Ethiopia, will soon withdraw most of their correspondents, since the nature of the Empire makes it impossible to achieve news coverage. Mr. Israels said that the Emperor at parting told him: "Remember always that our greatest weapon against Italy is world public opinion...