Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...moral prestige of King George was associated last week with "The Deal" to make peace in Ethiopia by giving Italy approximately half that Empire (TIME, Dec. 16). With no subsequent tut-tutting from courtiers, Associated Press put on the world's wires that in highest circles His Majesty was believed to have strongly urged (if he did not command) Captain Anthony Eden, Sanctionist Extraordinary, to assist in making peace quickly by means of The Deal and to desist at Geneva from trying to put through further sanctions...
Eden can certainly claim a heavy political reward later, was the general impression in Parliament, for stowing away all moral considerations last week and upholding The Deal before the Commons. "Let's face the facts!" barked Captain Eden. "If Italy, Ethiopia and the League accept discussion on the basis of the suggestions which have been made in Paris, there is nobody here that is going to say 'No,' even if some of those proposals may not be particularly appealing...
...cried "Shame!" as M.P.'s commonly do when an instance of cruelty to animals or a jibe at the Royal Family fires their indignation. There were a few Conservative cheers for Eden, and the Prime Minister was listened to with respect when he replied to Opposition hints that Ethiopia was being sold down the river because Britain was afraid she or her ships might suddenly be attacked by Italian airmen on orders from their Dictator...
...which is usually adopted by the House of Commons without a vote as a courtesy to the Throne. When the division was taken there were 281 votes for His Majesty's Government and 139 against. In effect this was a House of Commons vote of confidence on dismembering Ethiopia...
...Perhaps we are engaged in a hopeless task," smiled the Foreign Secretary affably. "Perhaps it is impossible to reconcile the divergent aims of the League, Italy and Ethiopia...