Word: ethiopian
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...Rome Benito Mussolini felt that the time was ripe to do a little crowing. The Ethiopian War was going the way it should have gone six months ago. The Imperial Guard of Haile Selassie was smashed. The Negus himself was supposed to be hiding, beardless in the bushes. With a little luck Italian troops should reach Dessye by Easter. Then II Duce could demand peace on his own terms. To the Fascist Grand Council last week he roared...
...superb victories of our soldiers bring Italy within reach of her first objective, security for our colonies. Such security will be achieved in full with the complete annihilation of the Ethiopian military formations-an annihilation which is bound to come soon. . . . The preparation of our homeland forces on land and sea and in the air will proceed with even quicker rhythm...
...Recent Ethiopian protests to the League of Nations over the alleged use of a new poison gas by Mussolini's legions brought forth comment by chemistry department officials that it seems probable that no new poison gas of much greater intensity than new exists is likely to be developed within the next few years...
...customs and excise duties an extra ?8,500,000. Servicing of the national debt had cost ?12,500,000 less than expected, a windfall promptly plowed back into amortization. The only bad news was that Britain's role of watchdog in the Mediterranean during the Italo-Ethiopian War had cost her an unexpected...
...Royal Italian Medical Corps, member of the faculty of the School of Medicine of the Louisiana State University, will not give his annual lectures at the Medical School this spring. Dr. Castellani is commander-in-chief of the Italian Medical Corps and must remain close to the Ethiopian situation until the war is ended...