Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-20
BALKS PLANS
OF ITALY To
GET ETH|OP| "A
England Refuses To Accede To
Demands For Italian Control
OF African Nation
QUICK PROTEST ON SPEECH
Halle SeIassie's Call To Resist
Invasion Draws Sharp Rebuke
From Rome Government
QUICK PROTEST ON SPEECH
BY FREDERICK KUH

Copyright, 1895, by United Press
LONDON, July 20.-Great Brit
ain has refused bluntly to accede
to Italian demands for complete
overlordship in Ethiopia and in
sists that any settlement be based
on the Briand-Kellogg anti-war
pact as well as other treaties, it
was said on reliable authority to-
day.
Italy persistently has demanded
complete political domination of
the ancient empire in secret ne
gotiations, it was said, and Great
Britain as persistently refused to
accede. The sharpness of dis,
agreement has brought to tenn.
porary stalemate of diplomatic
conversations in London, Paris and
Rome, though efforts to arrive at
a peaceable settlement have not
been abandoned.
Great Britain is eager to arrange
in lieu of a suggested conference
of French, Italian and British for
eign ministers at Paris-a joint
talk at Rome among Premier Ben
ito Mussolini, Count Charles De
Chambrun, French ambassador,
and Sir Eric Drummond, British
ambassador. But no basis for
such a conference has been found.
Italy wants to continue negotia-
tions on the basis of 1905
French Italian British treaty SOLE
ly. Britain insists that any set
tlement must also be founded on
the Briand-Kellogg treaty = the
pact of Paris in which world ma
tions renounced war as means of
settling disputes.
On it's face, the 1906 treaty re-
ferred to would permit an italian
overlordship rather than permit
one, for it was Ito maintain in
tact the integrity of Tthiopio."
However, when it was negotiated 1t
was apparent that it was meant to
prevent any single nation from
winning advantage. It's first ar
ticle pledged the signatory ma
tions to maintain the political and
territorial status quo and, If the
status quo were disturbed, to CO.
operate to safeguard their special
interests.
Great Britain's hesitancy to ac-
cept complete Italian domination
is understandable because the An
glo-Egyptian Sudan, British Ngan-
da, and British East Africa border
of Ethiopia on the west and south.
and Lake Tsana in western Ethi-
opia is to be the start of an irri-
cation project which will water
the Nile valley.
ROME, July 20. UP)-The Ital-
ian government has instructed its
minister at Adds Ababa, capital Of
Ethiopia, to protest strongly
the speech made on July
18 by Emperor Halle Selassie /,
Foreign office officials declared the
speech created a serious situation
in Italo-E Ethiopian relations.
Before deciding on the protest,
Premier Benito Mussolini consid-
cred the text of the emperor's
speech as transmitted by the Ital-
ian minister to Ethiopia and COM
pared it with newspaper versions.
He found the minister's text more
provocative in nature than the
press reports, it was understood to-
day.
The foreign office did not re-
veal what satisfaction if any Italy
was demanding in its protest.
Italian and Ethiopian relations
as a result of the governments
action were exceedingly strained
and the crisis was considered the
most dangerous to date.