The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-03
By EDWARD BEATTIE fCOpyrlRht 1885, by United Press

(COpyFIghC 1OSO, Dy Unlted Fressl
 Addis Ababa, Sept. 3-(UP)-- Ethiopia. is preparing to refuse an Italian demand to bring nearly 200 soldiers, including machine guns to Addis Ababa to form a legation guard, 1t was said on reliable au- thority today.
 The demand was made yesterday by Count Vinci- Gigliucci, the Ital- ian minister, 1t was said. He was told to submit his demand in writ ing.
 The request revived belief here that in event of war Italy might not mako a formal declaration of war at all, but simply attack and penetrate into the country on land. British endorsements for the legation were expected tonight or tomorrow.
 Philippians Mobilizing On trains, on mules. afoot, war riors of the tribes of the ancient empire are moving to their posts, where with ancient rifles, insuffi- cient ammunition and their swords and spears they are ready to op- pose an army equipped as none has ever been before with the most terrible engines of warfare. Not even the emperor and his closest advisers know how many men Ethiopia will have. But a compilation of most reliable esti- mates from expert sources indi- cates that the total electives of all ooo., ho OEn nm man and boys, backed by women who will follow them to war and are sworn to pick up arms as dying men drop them and carry on.
 First Troops Start
 The first troops began pouring out of Addis Ababa today for the Ogaden district bordering Italian Somaliland, where they will bear the brunt of 1taly's expected at- tack with tanks, planes and other destructive engines of modern warfare.
 A nondescript army of about 500 men smithered through the mud at the railroad siding, pitched themselves and their heterogeneous weapons into boxcars and en- trained for Ogaden. It was the capitals first troop transport since war became apparently inevitable.
 The men represented part of the forces of the Dajazmatch Habte Mikae1, a veteran of Adowa, where the Philippians slaughtered thou sands of Italians in 1896. Mikael is leaving today for the Ualual dis trcit to take the first line of de- fense.
 Mikael eventually will have 20,- 900 men either picked up enroute or already at Ogaden. Earlier in the day, another train loaded on $50 men of the same command l5 miles out of the capital. The sec ond train will pick up it's full com , , plement at way stations. The warriors, recruited from Vll- lages neighboring the capital ranged from 14-year-old youths to greybeards. They have little ex- perience in military sense, but their courage is tremendous.
 All were similarly equipped With white shammas. Only a handful had uniforms. The rifles varied Tn vintage. Some were ancient and might have been used in the battle | of Adowa.
 Relatives Weep All were laden with bundles and the inevitable waterskins sloshing through the mud, they ashamed to their chief with broad grins as he inspected them. Women wept and fathers and mothers kissed their sons at the doors of the packed box cars before the train moved off.
 Tie Dajazmatch's three shroud- ed war mules, fianked by spears and hooded with leather boredly watcher the common mules which, frightened by frequent whistle blasts from the wheeZing locomo- tive of the narrow . guage line, kicked madly and spattered mud over all within range. Even the war minister, Mulu Geta, received a generous share.
 Two mules arrived with car fridge boxes and the men busied themselves filling their bandoliers. As the train started the men brandlshed at least 20 types of as- sorted weapons. confident that they could repulse the gas and machine guns of the Italians.