The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-30

rests.
 The demonstration, designed to block the emperor's supreme appeal for international aid to the assem- bly, of nations, marked the first time in the history of the league that speaker has been jeered.
 Italian correspondents whistled and cat-called. Others in the gal- lery responded with cheers for the Negus. It took ten minutes to re- store order.
 Indignation spread among the delegates when 1t became apparent that the outburst had been pre- pared carefully in advance. It was the climax of a series of Italian efforts to prevent the Emperor from addressing the assembly. In- cluding @ yelled threat to leave the league which Italian unofficial sources spread through the corri- dors before the assembly met.
 Ready to Cooperate
 After taking the chair, Van Zee- land read an Italian memorandum which said Italy is ready to co-op- crate towards "a settlement of the grave problems on which rest the future of Europe and the world"
 The debate was opened by Jose Maria Cantilo of Argentina, which country summoned the meeting of the assembly to deal with the Eth iopian problem.
 Cantilo warned that Argentina would be obliged to reconsider her relations with the league if Amer lean ideas of International relations cannot be harmonized with the manner in which the league coven- ant is applied.
 Cantilo recalled that the Ameri- can republics had upheld the prin- ciple of territorial integrity for many years, and repeatedly ex- pressed 1t in the various Pan- American conferences.
 If the league wishes to remain universal, 1t must affirm and sup- port the principles which the Amer ican nations uphold, such as non- recognition of aggression"
 Italy May Quit League
 The Italian WhiSperings were to the effect that Premier Benito Mus- solini was seriously considering leav- ing the league, having been advised by telegraph in advance of the main lines of Halle 6elassie's speech at- tacking Italy and the methods used by the Italian armies.
 The Italian consul-general sat in the diplomatic gallery before the heckling of the emperor began, but disappeared just before the negus mounted the rostrum.
 After the demonstration subsided somewhat, Giuseppe Motta, foreign minister of Switzerland, conferred in the corridor with the Geneva pulp lie prosecutor, Pierre Cornu, about the incident.
 Despite the confusion, the negus read his speech in a calm and clear voice. As the Italian fascist journal ists were led out the door of the building, they were greeted with loud boos and cries of down with the fascistS,"
 
 Newspapermen Struggle
 Several of the Italian newspaper men struggled for @ few moments as they were led off but were over- come and carried in taxicabs to the police station. The emperor mean while stood immobi;e on the speak CTS platform, waiting for the ex- citement to 3ubside,
 When he was able to resume, he attacked France inferentially for betraying Ethiopia m the Hoare-La- val agreement .-- which, making marked concessions tC Italy, was re- pudiated by both countries midway in the war and resulted in the fall of Laval and the resignation of Hoare.
 The negus said certain coun- try" had signed an agreement with Italy in January of 1885, which led the said country to abandon Ethiopia in the war with Italy.
 Halle Selassie indicated he intends to return to Ethiopia--where the qotithwaqtpyf1 mart nR thA country ts