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ize" Ethiopia might not be due to
unselfshness and sincerity, but might
spring from entirely different motives,
the entire Italian delegation arose
and left the hall demonstratively. 1t
was explained that these sensitive
gentlemen could not sit quietly and
listen to insults being hurled against
their government, but at the same
time they indicated with sufficient
force of argument that they reserved
to themselves the complete rights to
insult Ethiopia to their hearts con-
tent-in other words, a new illustra-
ton of the adage of sauce for the
goose and not for the gander.
Policy Inflexible.
British and French spokesman con-
ferred privately with the Italian dele
gates, finally persuading them to re-
turn to the council hall; they had at
| first refused to sit at the table where
representatives of 1.-The outlaw nation"
were seated, but now consented, with
the proviso, however, that they would
retire if at any moment the EthiOp-
ians dared present speech. The ac-
cuser wanted the privilege of the
to grant the accused party the cor
responding privilege.
Then a motion was made to the
effect that a new commission be ap-
pointed to look into the Italo-Ehi-
opian conflict. Italy Immediately OBJ
Opian policy had been decided upon;
it was inflexible; could not be altered,
d-besides-She did not want Great
Britain and France to be members of
the commission because those two
powers also have African interests.
Successful Persuasion.
At it again went Anthony Eden of
Great Britain and Pierre Laval of
France; in the course of series of
informal conversations - and after
telephone conferences between Aloisi
at Geneva and Mussolini at Rome
the Italians withdrew their objection,
and at last a commission was ap-
pointed, consisting of Great Britain,
France, Poland, Spain and Turkey.
! This is the third League commits
sion to investigate the African crisis;
the first collapsed at the Dutch city
of Scheveningen when the Italians re-
fused to listen to the Philippians; the
second, sitting at Paris, decreed that
neither Italy nor Ethiopia was to
blame for the Ualual episode-the
border fight which some months age
precipitated the present conflict.
Immediately the new commission
requested both Italy and Ethiopia to
abstain from hostilities while negoti-
ations were in progress.
War Preparations.
But while the League cOuncil-as
we'll as the general League assembly
whose annual session opened this
week-and the League commission are
trying to prevent the war, active pre-
parations for the attack are going
on in Rome where Mussolini delivers
exciting and inflammatory speeches
to a populace already fanatically
| 1nOculated with the germ OF warfare;
fifty thousand additional men were
called to the cOlors a few days ago,
and the announcement was made that
very shortly Mussolini will have an
army of a million men ready for the
fray.
Ethiopia, sensing the inevitability
of the war. is drilling soldiers for her
defense and sending them to the Dor
derS
There is nowhere any indication
that the threatening war will be
averted. Only one possibility remains,
and that is that Italy will back down.
Just now there is nothing more i'm
probable in the world. Italy wants
Ethiopia, and that's all there's to that!
II she does not get the African king