Word: ethiopia
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...Military Paralysis." In 1896 Italy was, as she is today, attempting to wrest a colonial empire from Ethiopia. Then as now, domestic difficulties lay behind the military operations. After several years out of office, Francesco Crispi had staged a strong comeback as Premier of Italy. The new Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland had just been established on the African coast. Though France and Russia were secretly negotiating with Haile Selassie's granduncle, the potent Emperor Menelik, many chiefs questioned his authority and seemed willing Italian allies. Early in the summer of 1895 Premier Crispi had called...
...reverses. Early in 1896 General Baratieri cabled for reinforcements. The Italian Parliament voted money and men and appointed General Baldissera to succeed Baratieri. Furious, Premier Crispi saw his grand gesture petering out. He sent an angry telegram to General Baratieri, flaying the "military paralysis" that was seizing operations in Ethiopia...
When the League Council finally met to rubber stamp this formula, Ethiopia's Professor Jeze made his only score for the week. He glared at President Litvinoff and hissed: "You offer us the choice between suicide and assassination. Well, we prefer assassination...
...Were merely bored as Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare rambled into an unconsidered speech on Ethiopia which infuriated Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and made impossible any achievement at Geneva last week by British Minister for League of Nations Affairs Captain Anthony Eden...
...Samuel, with or without malice toward Mr. Eden, accepted on behalf of His Majesty's Government a suggestion thrown out in debate by Liberal Leader Sir Herbert Samuel that Britain and France join in guaranteeing Italian territory against aggression by Ethiopia. This cynical suggestion, and Sir Herbert frankly admitted his cynicism, was taken up by Sir Samuel as a means of calling Il Duce's bluff that Italy is proceeding in ''self-defense" against Ethiopia instead of in pure aggression. After calling Sir Herbert's suggestion "most interesting" and promising to transmit it to Geneva...