Word: ethiopian
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...effect no semblance of the Ethiopian State exists. The only sovereign Ethiopian government is that of Italy. In consequence all discussion on the subject of Italo-Ethiopian differences is without meaning. I therefore find myself under obligation not to participate...
With the authority of the recently formed Neutral Bloc behind them, Spain's Salvador de Madariaga and Denmark's Munch moved that the Ethiopian question be kept on the League's agenda, the Council voted unanimously to postpone further discussion until an extraordinary session of the League, called for June 15. Next day, Benito Mussolini stiffened further. Declining to participate in any discussions, even among the Locarno signatories, until the League should acknowledge the Ethiopian issue closed, he abruptly ordered the entire Italian delegation back to Rome...
...First, the territories and peoples that belonged to the Ethiopian Empire have passed under the sole and exclusive sovereignty of the Kingdom of Italy...
...said he, "affected by noxious gas, but it is nothing. I am fortunate to escape with my life, whereas thousands of my brave people died." A Jewish barber came in and trimmed Haile Selassie's beard, now quite grey, before the little Emperor went to pray at the Ethiopian Church and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. "Have courage and hope," the Emperor told 200 weeping Coptic priests...
...Quirinal Palace little Vittorio Emanuele III was waiting for the crowds. Months ago when the Ethiopian adventure first started he told a friend: "If we win, I shall be King of Abyssinia. If we lose, I shall be King of Italy...