Word: regent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Abyssinian Victory. Just two years ago it seemed that Italy and Britain were firmly leagued to assist each other in the joint commercial penetration of Abyssinia, backward Afric realm. Jointly the two great Powers brought pressure upon Regent Ras Taffari of Abyssinia to permit Italian exploitation of a railway and British construction of certain mighty water works for irrigating the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Smart, the Abyssinian Regent yielded momentarily, but subsequently made to the League of Nations a squa.wk so potent that British public opinion turned against the exploitation scheme? leaving in the lurch Benito Mussolini...
...Sublime and Imperial Majesty the Empress Zaudita, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. conferred last week upon her cousin Ras Tafari, the trusted Regent of her Empire, a potent title; "King of Kings of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of Judah and the Elect...
Crowned. Ras Tafari, onetime Regent of Abyssinia, now "King of Kings"; at Addis Abbaba (see ABYSSINIA...
Further, he is Ras Taffari, Regent of Abyssinia. His mother-in-law is dead. His accuser is Armenian Dr. Alexander Garabedian, onetime favorite of Ras Taffari...
...Bureau of Publicity, it was announced yesterday. Pending the appointment of a successor to J. W. D. Seymour '17, former Secretary to the University for Information, Lamb will supervise news releases and carry on the duties of the Director's office under the immediate direction of Matthew Luce '91, Regent of the University...