The Washington times., 1935-10-12
.GUGSA OFFERS
TOFIGHT FOR
Il DUCE
Civilians Returning to
AduWa With Gifts
For Italians
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men to MuSsolint, but has oftered
to fight for Italy against the
Ethiopian emperor.
A tall, thin, wiry, fuzzy-haired
man with an Ethiopian adapta.
ton of a European khaki military
uniform, wearing sun helmet in.
stead of the native headdress, Ras
Gugsa stepped from an Italian
military car at general headquar-
ters here today, respectfully re-
turned the salute of General
Emilio de Bono and his staff Off
GERS, and chatted with newspaper
correspondents.
Will Fight Tribesmen
He said he was willing to re.
organize his Ethiopian forces un-
der Italian direction and drive
southwards with the Italian pene-
tration and, if necessary, engage
: in battle with any loyal Ethiopian
forces.
Indications here are that En-
peror Halle Selassie'S control over
his distant provinces and pro-
vincial chiefs is nominal, and there
are quite likely to be more de-
Sertions from the standard OF the
King of Kings.
Maybe my wish is father to the
thought, but it begins to look to
me peace is here, and the final
settlement of the Ethiopian tangle
will be argued around the inter
; national table, with Mussolini slic-
ing the bird and serving the por-
: tions.
e Early today Degiac Casa, one
of the generals subord' ate to
{ Ras Gugsa, crossed t. : Italian
lines under white flags, surren-
> dering himself and 1000 armed
men.
His chief, in addition to $4,000
men, surrendered a large guam
tity of arms: Hundreds OF Ethio-
plans from Ras Gugsa'S domain
sStreamed through the Italian lines
in a starving condition. >
Emperor's SOn-in-Law
Degiac Casa is apparently the
same Ethiopian general identi-
fled in official italian advices as
KasSa Aria.
Ras Halle Selassie Gugsa, &C
cording to the Almanach de
Gotha, married Emperor Halle
Selassie's second daughter,
Waizeru Zennebe Ouorek, in
1882. She died at Makale in
: 1888 at the age of IA.
The civilian population Of
Aduwa is now returning to the
city in groups of so or so.
Shepherds with their herds of
goats and cattle, and merchants
with mule loads of goods are
: gradually coming back to their
= homes and shops, deserted before
the Italian advance.
Coptic priests from interior
villages to the south are entering
Aduwa under white flags, bowling
low, then raising their hands high
in the air before Italian head
quarters, making protestations of
surrender and bringing gifts OF
goats milk, eggs, and chickens as
symbols of peace.
Armed Forces Scattered
The incoming refugees reported
that there were no larger armed
: forces Immediately south Of the
italian lines.
: War correspondents here were
: depressed today when we received
the first news through Rome Of
{ the death of our comrade-corre-
: spondent, Wilfred Barber, at Adds
: Ababa.
: There are no casualties so far
among the correspondents here.
: There are no cases of malaria
in these highlands of the north,
= but everybody is eating quinine by
the spoonful and suffering from
= extremes of exhaustion.
All physical effort is performed
under the most unusual conditions.
: Aduwa is mile and half above
sea level and Is degrees from the
equator.
This is the highest war I have
: ever attended and. also one Of the
. closest to the equator. ...