The Omaha guide., 1935-06-22
Itay Getting Mad
at Everybody
Hits at United States, British
Newspapers.

New York, June 20, (ANP)-That
little var which Premier Benito Mus
solini, the Fascist dictator Of Italy
who dreams Of being a modern Ceas-
ar, has cooked up for himself with
Ethiopia as the "object Of his affec-
%tions," is having repercussions that
were unthought of some months ago
when II Duce planned his little con-
quest
Obstacles are multiplying in the
path of the new conqueror. Not only
has Ethiopia beat the Italians in
catching the support of world opin-
ion, but II Duce is having more
trouble than the world is being told
about, keering the spirit up at home.
The costs Of the Ethiopian cam
paign are mounting into the millions
of dollars and rendering more I'M
stable dtalys financial status. The
financial leaders who know that Mus
solini hasn't got any money anyhow,
are wondering where he is going to
borrow it when the country's credit
and friends run out.
So low is the morale in Italy about
avengSng the defeat suffered by the
Italians at the hands of Ethiopians
that Mussolini is clamping a gag on
every agent of public expression to
keep his people from knowing the
truth. The newspapers of Italy are
government-inspired and controlled.
Last week, the dictator took steps to
control the foreign press in Italy.
Stung by an editorial published in
the New York Times last Monday,
The Italian premier Immediately ord
cred the circulation of The Times
stopped in Italy. At the same time,
action was taken against the Chicago
Tribune and its correspondent, David
Darrah, vas summarily and hastily,
escorted to the border, and expelled
from Italy
Four British newspapers were also
banned because of criticism of Mus
solini's East African campaign. They
were the London Daily Herald, Man
chester Guardian, Sunday Express
and London Evening Standard
Nevertheless, in spite of Musso-
lini's efforts to suppress the news,
The Tribune of Chicago got a man
over into East Africa. This man,
Will Barber, reporting from Suez,
Egypt, reported that the Italian
troops already exported to East
Africa were being heavily struck by
disease and the climate. He told of
eve who were buried and of hun
dreds who were being sent back
home. Writes Barber from Suez:
"There are at least two Italians
who will never see Ethiopia. They
were buried here yesterday when the
big troopship Gauges entered the
Suez canal on the way back to Italy
carrying several hundred men who
had been overcome by heat, malaria,
or dysentery in the desert lands
where TIE Fascist want to rule. Five
more soldiers were buried in the Red
sea before the Panges reached here.
Others are expected to die before the
Gauges reaches Italy"
During the week Emperor Halle
Selassie of Ethiopia exposed some of
the falsehoods which the Italian
press has been circulating in respect
to Ethiopia The newspapers of
Rome published a report that band
its had attempted to assassinate Sell
AISLE on his way from the province
Of Harrar. They claimed that it was
necessary for the emperor's train to
be stopped so that the Ethiopian
guards might drive the bandits off.
Adds Ababa reports stated that the
emperor's train had stopped SO that
he might 60 hunting.
Italian newspapers tlso reported
that Ethiopian soldiers had invaded
italian territory and slain native
guards. Adds Ababa insisted that
the incidents occurred on Ethiopian
territory because of the presence of
Italian native troops where they had
no right to be.
Rome reported that native chief
tains were deserving Emperor Selas-
sic. Adds Ababa corrected by show
ing that the italians had attempted
to bride native chieftains, but that
the latter had retaliated by accepting
the Italian gifts of money and cloth
ing, by bringing them to Adds Ababa
and turning them over to the en-
peror, together with reports on the
Italian activity.
Addressing a group Of Christian
and Mohammedan Ethiopians. the
emperor declared that Ethiopia was
the last hope Of the Negroes of the
world, and that this country was pre-
pared to expend all in the effort to
maintain the status of the Negroes
OF Africa, the United States and all
other places.
From Chicago came reports that
Robert L. Ephraim, international
president of the Negro World Ali
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