The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-08

bombs and machine guns 8 for midable Ethiopian concentration discovered by air scouts about 10 miles south of Aduwa, inflicting heavy casualties.
 War-Like Enthusiasm
 Addis Ababa, Oct. sCUP) - News, or purported news, of Eth iopian military activity and Suc- cess on the northern front spread war-like' enthusiasm in the capital today.
 A rumor that the Philippians had recaptured Aduwa caused general rejoicing. The rumor said thou sands" of Italian prisoners had been taken. There was no official confirmation of it. .
 However, the government off, cially announced that strong Ethiopian force had made a flying invasion of Italian Eritrea, pene- trating a considerable distance.
 Also, reliable. sources said Ras Kasas, Ethiopian military com mander in the north, wa moving towards the Holy City" of Aksum with 60,000 men. Reports that Ak sum had fallen to the Italians were not generally credited here.
 Young Italians Drill
 Rome, Oct. g. (UP)-Thirty thousand fascist youths, whose old CT brothers are pushing through the heat and bush into the Eth iopian interior, today staged a realistic sham battle before Prem- fer Mussolini in the Piazza Siena.
 Sheets of liquid flame spurted 46 feet from the mouths of guns, ar- tillery fire cut down rows of ar- ticifical trees and machine gun fire cracked over the PiaZzo. Il Duce gestured eXcitedly during the 45- minutes of sham warfare.
 The mimic battle, an impressive demonstration of loyalty to Musso- lini's campaign in East Africa, fol- lowed sports demonstration witt messed by 10000 Romans.
 Anti-Fascists Bitter
 Geneva, Oct. B. (UP)-Italy's Ethiopian campaign is an adven- ture of politically bankrupt dic- tatorship," Italian anti-Fascists charged in meeting today.
 The anti-Fascists ranging from liberals to communists, adopted 8 resolution stating that Mussolini is at the end of his resources "and seeking desperately by means of remote military enterprise to achieve a political success never hitherto attained and escape from an untcnable economic financial situation"
 The enemy of the Italian people is not Ethiopia but this dictator ship which humiliates, eXhausts, corrupts and isolates them," the anti-Fascist resolution said.
 Lansbury Resigns
 London, Oct. 8-(UP)-George Lansbury, faithful wheel horse Of the chariot of peace and most be- loved of labor leaders, today re- signed as leader of the parliamen- tary labor party in the house of commons, because he is out of sym pathy with the partys policy of urging that Italy be punished for her invasion of Ethiopia.
 Lansbury's resignation was Sub- mitted to the meeting Of the par liar" ci>tary laborites which vainly appealed to him to reconsider this decision, based upon his opposition to the party's recent vote at its Brighton congress in favor of league sanctions.
 Egypt ConscriptiOn
 Cairo, Oct. 8-UP)-The Egyp- tian government ordered conscripts kept under the colors today. It was reported certain reservists would be recalled.
 A parade of military forces in- cluding a military march in the streets of Alexandria, will be witt messed on Friday by Egyptian off, ficials and Sir Miles Lampson, Bri- tish minister.
 Rome, Oct. 8--(UP)-If the Ital- ian minister has been expelled from Ethiopia, the Ethiopian minister probably will be expelled by Italy, Q foreign office spokesman said to- day.
 He said he had not received ony news of 1t yet and regarded 1t as an unusual" procedure to expel < diplomat.