The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-21

ing the groundwork for such a drive through 6 campaign of let ter writing.
 The letter to Young Teddy" Roosevelt castigating g. o. p. lead- CTS for beating the drums about the Constitution while dodging specific economic issues was the opening gun in his crusade.
 Sources close to Borah whisper that his next blast will be aimed squarely at the man he once helped elect president Herbert Hoover.
 Borah is giving every evidence of being lighting mad" For the first time in his career he seems bent on commanding recognition as 2 potent party leader.
 Fan Mail Heavy
 His enthusiasm is being famed by a heavy mail from all sections of the country urging him. to toss his own hat in the ring.
 On this point. Borah Is still in- definite. Close friends say he has indicated no desire for the nom- ination, but he is grimly deter mined to have a hand in the se- lection. Above all, he has vowed to prevent the nomination of Herbert Hoover.
 In this last objective, Borah i has the secret good wishes of most g. Q. p. ruleS-a fact well known to Hoover. That is why he has been res0rting to the strategy of "goins over their heads" by speeches addressed directly to the public.
 Borah, too, knows that the party generalissimos. are privately with him in his fight on Hoover. And he is counting on this undercover sentiment.
 At the same time, however, he does not propose being used as a cats paw.
 It is not his intention to tor pedo Hoover and then be shunt- ed aside while the backro0m boys pick a candidate equally unpalatabIe.
 Borah wants not only the glory of the battle, but to be in on the pay-of.
 No MOOch
 Senator Bob Reynolds, just re- turned from an auto?trailer trip across country which cost him and a companion only $350, had a Ger. concerting experience in StGs<. City, Iowa. S,y
 Arriving in the town after a twelve hour drive, the poppy North Carolinian, wanted to find tel egrapl1 office. He was grimy and had several days growth of beard on his face.
 On the way he approached 8 young man to ask direction.
 Friend" said Reynolds. could you. :"
 "Sorry, buddy" broke in the young chap, T can't help you. I'm broke too"
 Abyssinian Tigres
 Government experts, engaged in following the Abyssinian situ- ation with a microscope, att tached no significance to the re- cent desertio1 of Abyssinian forces to Italy.
 Chief tribal leader to desert was Halle Seiassie Gucksa with 16,000 men.
 Confidential reports received here indicated some time ago that Gucksa was singled out by the Italians to become puppet ruler of Abyssinia under Mussolini's thumb.
 Behind this is one of the many intriguing stories of the Abys- sinian tragedy.
 Ras Gucksa
 Gucksa was once son-in-law of Halle Selassie, the present ern- peror. But his wife-the emper- or's daughter-died in child birth in 1883.
 Gucksa never got along with his father-in-law, due chiefly to the fact that he comes from the Tigre branch of the royal fam- fly, which has been in various stages of civil war with the Shoa branch of the family for years. The present emperor belongs to the Shoa branch.
 Approximately five years ago, this war reached an acute stage. The significant thing is that the Italians at that time also put their money on the Tigre branch of the family. They backed Ras Gucksa, a relative of the Gucksa who has just deserted to the Ital- ians.
 Ras Gucksa (now deaO had married the Empress zauditu. If there had been any children by this marriage, the first born would have inherited the throne. So the present emperor, then only prince regent, decreed that the two must live apart.
 To this both bride and groom violently objected. So eventually the empress's new husband start- ed a war to recapture his wife. Then, as now, the Italians backed him with machine guns and am- intuition.
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 But at that ne--i930-the French were on the other side of