Evening star., 1935-10-07
BY the Associated Press,

ny tHc ASSOCIATED FreES.
GENEVA, October 7.-An abstract
Of the report of the League Of Nations
Council Committee of Six on the Italo-
Ethiopian conflict follows:
"At a meeting October the Coun-
Gil, having heard declarations Of the
representatives of Italy and Ethiopia
and taken notice of the grave facts
presented 1t, entrusted to committee
OF the Council the task of studying
the situation and making a report
which would permit the Council to
take decisions with full knowledge oi
the question
'For study of this situation, created
by facts which came after October q
the committee had the duty Of speci-
Tying these facts and to determine
their character in relation to provi-
sions of the covenant.
Two Questions Weighed.
THE committee asked itself If there
was resort to war contrary to articles
IL, Is or Is of the covenant.
Wv HASoIAOAAo dAOoC.
i. Is there state of war between
Italy and Ethiopia?
2. II in the affirmative, this resort
to war, did 1t take place contrary tc
articles IL. 13 and IS of the GOV.
enant?
TO reply to these questions the
following information was brought
together and classified:
AT the end of the first part of its
report, by virtue of article Is, para.
graph 4, the committee of the Coun-
Gil recalled two kilograms sent Oc-
toDer by the Italian and Ethiopian
governments announcing the opening
Of military operations.
The kilograms received later were
seen IN the light of other official COM
munlcations to permit the retracins
OF events Of the Sd and 4th of October
Italy Announces Advance.
October 3-The proclamation ot
the Italian high commissioner in
East Africa to the population OF
Erltrea which announced so that your
Ianos may not be damaged by wal
ana 10 bring aid to numerous popula-
ions in the T1gre and other regions
where our Intervention is necessary, ]
nave ordered troops to pass March.
Inls river constitutes by virtue Of the
alo-Ethiopian treaty Of July 10, 1900
the frontier between Ethiopia and the
Italian colony of Eritrea.
The same day at 5 am. after
having overthrown adverse covering
elements which had not been with
drawn, contrary to what had been
ANNOUNCED at Geneva, Italian columns
advanced on a line stretching 20 Kill
ometers from the frontier Italian
communique 2 of October ~
Drop Bombs On Chibbi.
"On the other hand, the first flight
OF war on Aduwa and Adigrat was
made in the early hours. The 18th
Squadroo Of Bombardment attained
AduWa where armed Ethiopian bands
and local garrisons opened fire. on
Italian airplanes. The squadron re-
piled Immediately and after having
recognized that the most important
center of the offensive was the interior
of Chibbi dropped upon it several
bombs. 1t went subsequently TO Adj
graf and dropped the remainder OF
its explosives on groups Of armed men
and upon Notifications which had
opened steady fire.
THE 14th Squadron Bombardment
which had left for an objective
situated beyond the frontier returned
that morning to the airport at Asmara
after having accomplished brilliantly
its mission
October +'Advance guards of the
Italians attained Adigrat and Entiscio
Articles 12. 13 and IS Cited.
by virtue Of articles IL, 13 and Is
Of the League covenant, all members
of the League of Nations have a duty
to submit either to the procedure OF
arbitration or to judicial settlement
or to an examination by the Council
of all differences that may arise with
another member Of the League which
might bring about rupture"
At this point the report mentions
the appeal Of Ethiopia to the League.
It continues, without prejudice to
their right to resort to war, members
Of the League of Nations do not have
the right without previously conform
ing to provisions of articles II, 13
and IS to seek by war a remedy for
their grievances which they may
think they have against other men,
bers. The adoption by state Of
measures Of security on its own ter
ritory and in limit of its international
agreements does not authorize an
other state to free itself from obliga-
tions imposed by the covenant.
THE pact of Paris of 1928, to which