Word: ethiopia
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Hitching his chair a little nearer, President Huber suggested drawing up a "humanitarian accord between Italy and Ethiopia...
...been carrying on the war other than in the most humanitarian way possible-under the circumstances." Under the startled nose of President Huber the Italian Dictator napped an elaborately illustrated booklet showing the mutilated bodies of Italian road builders caught in a raid last February. "This is how Ethiopia treats her prison ers," thundered Benito Mussolini. "What reliance can we place in her guarantees?" Embarrassed President Huber had not even a chance to take up the charge that was outraging Britain last week. No sooner had blackshirt troops under ebullient Fascist Achille Starace touched Lake Tana, vital to Egypt...
Haile Selassie and an Ethiopian Army of nearly 45,000 men were at Quoram, on the route south from Aduwa. Ethiopia's Emperor stroked his silky black beard and picked Choice No. 1. Attacking with his European-trained bodyguard of 20,000 men, he headed straight for the Italian position on formidable...
...result. For hours the Ethiopian Guard fought off the Alpini advance, firing from rock to rock, sword against bayonet. When the Ethiopian position became completely untenable, Italian officers saw for the first time an orderly planned retreat. But Italy had heavy artillery and plenty of bombs and pounded Ethiopia's second position just as hard. Finally the Imperial Guard broke and ran for its collective lives. Haile Selassie with only a fistful of followers streaked off toward Dessye, while the Roman Press burgeoned with reports that the Conquering Lion of Judah was about ready to sue for peace...
...pontiffs. This week, when the rest of Christendom joyously concludes its 40-day Lenten fast, Rome and the Pope were to pass their quietest Easter in years. Because of Sanctions and European unrest, few tourists or pilgrims arrived in Rome for Holy Week. Because of the war in Ethiopia, the faithful who thronged St. Peter's Square on the off-chance the Holy Father might show himself were mostly women and children...