The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
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marily. It is my information that some others among the arriving Italians have been shot for similar reasons. Addis Ababa and the countryside are facing an acute food shortage. The Italian command, l was informed, refused Mrs. Cornell ius Van H. Engert, wife of the American minister, supplies which she sought from the only remain ing depot. Orders were that Itali- ian needs must be supplied first.
 Gasoline Destroyed
 Ethiopian gasoline dumps have been destroyed and Italian trucks with supplies have been begged and crippled in the muddy roads. Hence for the present 1t is impracticable to fuel a considerable number of Italian planes here for the flight back to Asmara, Eritrea.
 was on the first passenger train to leave the capital. At every halt, foreigners crowded in with the rem- nants of their belongings, their money ana ValuaplcS.
 The train proceeded through the smouldering ruins of villages, which 1t is reported are daily attacked (by bandits).
 The tension is indicated by the fact that I was struck by Sir Sidney Barton, British minister, when called at the legation after I was seen entering the city with the Italians.
 Emperor Very III
 Jerusalem, May 12-U.P)--Em- peror Halle SelaSsie today was so i'll that he was confined to his suite at the King David Hotel. His ma jesty abandoned his usual morning prayers at the church of the Holy Sepulchre and before the shrines of the Jerusalem Coptic Christian monastery.
 Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wauchope. British high commits sioner for Palestine, visited the Me- gus Upon leaving the sick room the high commissioner declined to com- mcnt upon his majesty's condition or upon the nature of their consult tations.
 Subsequently F. A. Colson of Maine, American adviser to the imperial court of Ethiopia, visited Halle Selassie for private consulta- tons.
 COIonixe Ethiopia
 Addis Ababa, May l2 - (UP)-- Marshal Pietro Badoglio outlined today his plans for an immediate start on the work of preparing for the colonization of Ethiopia. Schools hospitals and roads were among the things to be started at once, he said. The task before us will take longer to accomplish than the mil- itary campaign" he said. But we are willing to devote our time and energy to bringing civilization to a country for centuries stecped in barbarian.
 "One of the first things we must establish is internal peace, ending the tribal wars such as have per- sisted between the Azebu-Gallas and the Shoans. "We must bring doc tors and teachers to educate and give health to the people, besides engineers to build roads and thus unite all parts of the empire" Ital- ian authorities have requested the British Red Cross to close its hos pital and send it's medical staff home. The Italian medical corps will take over patients under the Briton's care. it was explained.
 Great Britain Told
 London, May 12 - (U.P0 - Dr. Dino Grandi, Italian ambassador to the court of St. James's, visited the foreign office late today and form ally notified Great Britain of Pre- mier Benito Mussolini's proclama- ton of Roman Empire in Ethio- pia.
 Because of the illness of Sir Robert Vansittart, permanent un- dcrsecretary for foreign affairs, Grandi handed the text of Italy's royal decrees to Sir Lancelot Ali phant, assistant undersecretary.
 Tn a brief conversation on the position in Ethiopia it was under stood Oliphant merely noted the Italian communication, reserving the British attitude and implicitly withholding recognition of Italy's annexation of the country.