The Washington times., 1935-10-07
EIGHT ENJOYS SEND PLEAS
TO HOME CAPITALS
TO AID NEGUS

Neither they nor the natives
knew the war was on. The con.
sui at Magale, who started to
Adds Ababa a week ago and had
been lost, was located today in
the province of Ghimira, a two
weeks caravan journey from Adds
Ababa.
Rome reported last night that
Gerlogubi, in southern Ethiopia,
had been occupied, but the em.
peror'S advisers knew nothing Of
this. They only reported 300
Italian bombs from many air
planes, probably over l00," had
fallen upon the city, killing five
Ethiopians and woupding many,
but having only a negligible ef-
feet on the morale of the popu-
lation.
During the whole four days of
fighting on the north front, Inter
national News Service was in
formed, not a single doctor or
nurse was present on the Ethi-
opian side. The wounded must
recover or die without medical
aid.
Death Report Denied
1t was authoritatiyely denied
by the Red Cross here that any
American, Swedish-American, or
any other white woman was even
present at Aduwa, much less
killed. Unconfirmed reports to
that effect reached here last
week.
Owing to the governments ap-
prehension a plane would be shot
down by Italian pursuit flyers,
Ethiopia cannot send doctors by
air to the front, and Ethiopian
wounded are left to die without
even so much as bandageS.
There was great delight here
at President Roosevelt's announce
ment the American Government
regards a state Of war exists be-
tween italy and Ethiopia and
that no munitions trading would
be allowed with the belligerents.
This, plus the report Premier
Laval Of France, declared his
country recognizes Italy as the
aggressor, wrought the feeling
that the League of Nations after
all may act.
BelgianS Leaving
The IA members of the old mis-.
sion which trained the Ethiopian
army are going home, recalled by
the Belgian government. The ma
jority are leaving on the Tuesday
train, although some in the in
terror will be caught without
transportation.
Indicative Of the Ethiopian lack
OF news from the front, there was
one report that the army under
DedjaSmatch (GeneraD Halle Sc
laSSie-bearing the same name as
the Emperor but of a different
family-the right wing of the
Ethiopian forces in the north, had
thrown back the Italian invaders
before Adigrat and had pushed
clear over the Eritrean frontier.
Also, one confidant of the En-
peror's said:
"MussOlinl has not taken
Aduwa in four days and he
won't take it in four weeks and
he won't take it in four
months"
A few guests of the Hotel I'M
perial at 10 p. m. Sunday heard
the Rome radio announce the
Italians had taken Aduwa IL
hours earlier and that the Italians
were advancing VIGOROUSLY on
the north and south fronts, but
the Emperor's closest advisers had
no news of their own.
Reports Conflicting
On the contrary, while the ra-
dio was relaying an italian hymn
of triumph through Adds Ababa,
International News Service was
told by high Ethiopian authority
that swords and spears of the
Ethiopians had stopped the italian
army 20 miles from Aduwa and
had held the Black Shirts there
for four days.
Editors Note-The above in
formation that neither doctors
nor nurses were available on
the north front to aid Ethio-
plans conflicted with the earlier
claim of Emperor Halle Selassie
that a Red Cross hospital ex-
listed at Aduwa. italians denied
there was a hospital there).
ROME, Oct. 7 GN.S0.-After
italian security in Ethiopia is as
sured, Premier Benito Mussolini
might consent to "a practical con-
ference of practical men, not in
the atmosphere of Geneva" to
settle his dispute with Emperor
Halle Selassie, a government
spokesman said today.
While all Italy jubilantly cele-
brated the Italian capture OF
Aduwa, the spokesman declared
emphatically that II Duce would
not call off hostilitieS at present,
since Italian operations in East
Africa "are not finished"
Italy will fight until Ethiopian
troops are disarm0i. the spokes-
man said, since II Duce believes
this is the only way italian Sc
curity can be assured.
Hints TriPartite Farley
The practical conference" was
taken to mean a tri-partite con-
ference between Premier MusSo-
lini, Premier Pierre Laval of
France, and Prime Minister Stan
Low Baldwin of Great Britain