Word: ethiopian
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...there would not now be the possibility of another world war arising out of idealism generated around the League of Nations in behalf of Ethiopia. But for His Majesty Haile Selassie the year 1935 would have been a distinctly different year. If by some unhappy chance the Italo-Ethiopian war should now spread into a world conflagration. Power of Trinity I, the King of Kings, the Conquering Lion of Judah, will have a place in history as secure as Woodrow Wilson's. If it ends In the fall of Mussolini and the collapse of Fascism, His Majesty can plume...
...benefits of civilization, 1935 produced a peculiar Spirit of the Year in which it was felt to be a crying shame that the Machine Age seemed about to intrude upon Africa's last free, unscathed and simple people. They were ipso facto Noble Savages, and the noblest Ethiopian of them all naturally emerged as Man of the Year...
...Hell-Holes of Creation, inhabited by tribes of extraordinary hardihood and savagery. Explorers report that "some of these peoples have never heard of Haile Selassie." It is they who today with complete impartiality harry, snipe at and loot any small detachment of soldiers, be they Ethiopian or Italian...
Much of the speech in which officially Mephistophelean Sam proceeded to defend himself was hard-hitting, fact-marshaling and perhaps gave the lead to the future Ethiopian policy of Britain (see p. 10). Its climax came in a passage which caused Orator Hoare to brush the tears from his eyes while additional tears welled in the eyes of Peaceman Chamberlain and many another M. P. The passage: "I ask myself, looking back, whether I have a guilty conscience or whether my conscience is clear. I say with all humility to the House that my conscience is clear...
Britannia: "Help!" In the weary hours of debate preceding midnight teary Sir Austen's tearless half-brother Neville Chamberlain, the hawk-nosed, hawk-minded Chancellor of the Exchequer, went a long way toward announcing what policy in the Ethiopian crisis is now to be followed by Britain. "If the League of Nations should decide that oil sanctions should be applied." said Mr. Chamberlain, "and that they can be effective-and should we be satisfied that all members of the League are not only ready to give us assurances but are also prepared to take their part in meeting...