Word: ethiopian
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...Families of men who lost their lives in the four wars fought by Italy in the present century-namely, the World, Libyan, Ethiopian and Spanish...
...that henceforth no Italian, male or female, may marry a non-Italian unless the Italian Ministry of Interior is willing to make an exception and issue a special permit for such mixed marriage. Further, the Grand Council, well knowing that Italian males have been prone to "go native" with Ethiopian females, issued a veiled but stern decree for punishment of "anyone who performs any act that might injure the prestige of the Italian people in territories of the Empire." Finally, the Grand Council, taking cognizance of the fact that Britain has for years been extremely reluctant to admit more Jews...
...Rome, the Messaggero reported that the golden crown of deposed Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, studded with 718 diamonds, had been placed on sale by a London jeweler for $2,500. "A great bargain at such a small price," exclaimed the Messaggero, "provided the diamonds are not made of glass...
...wheat problem, however, is only one of Premier Mussolini's many headaches. Italian gold reserves, drained by the Ethiopian campaign, have fallen to $212,000,000. Italy's adverse trade balance of $300,000,000 last year was the highest since 1930. This year's is still mounting. Exports have not fallen off materially, but the value of the lira has declined and as a consequence Italy has to pay more for the raw materials, such as coal, oil, which she cannot get at home. On the surface, her industry is prosperous. Heavy industry is making high...
...units in many later wars-the Austro-Prussian, the Franco-Prussian, the Russo-Japanese, the Balkan, the World War, in some Colonial wars, in a few civil wars. Not until 1935 did the first flagrant, consistent abuse of the Red Cross symbol occur. Then giant red crosses painted on Ethiopian hospitals became welcome targets for Italian airmen. Against this abuse, International Red Cross President Max Huber, former justice of The Hague's Permanent Court for International Justice, ineffectively protested in person to Dictator Benito Mussolini...