The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
taLy Planes Blast
 TOuUrs M Ethiopia
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Newspaper dispatches from Mo- EodiBcio, Italian Somaliland, told of Terrific bombardment by 9 Ital- 41n planes of six Ethiopian towns An the eastern-southern region of Ethiopia. They rained bombs on Aullale, Sasa Baneh, Daggah Bur, Uaggah Modo, Gagaba and Bircut, eCutheast of Harar.
 Harbingers of Drive
 It was believed they were the Harbingers of the long awaited drive shV General Rodolfo Graziani for the Addis Ababa- D Djibouti railroad.
 On the northern front, thousands MHpon thousands of soldiers moved along caravan routes toward Dessye, Emperor Halle Selassie's grand Headquarters. Italian planes. after Q six hour bombing and reconnoiter- ing flight in the Dessye region, re- ported that the Dessyle road was completely clearend of warriors. The planes bombed little huddling groups of men who tried to hide in woods. Dessye, the planes reported, seemed abandoned. There were white flags, token of submission, and white sheets, on roofs of num- erous houses north of Dessye, the plyers said.
 Ethiopia Admits Drive
 Addis Ababa, April 10 - CUP) - Italians have opened an offensive in eastern Ethiopia and a fierce battle is raging, private reports from the front said today.
 The principal attack was directed against Sasa Baneh, on the way inorthward to the Jijiga-Harar area, 1t was said, while the Italian left wing was attempting a flanking a1noyement up the Fafan river valley It was assumed that the fighting a4neant that the long threatened %kirive for Jijiga and Harar, and the Addis Djibouti railway, had started. Ras Nassibu, commander in chief on the eastern front, was in command of the main Ethiopian forces, and Ras Makonnen, with a force of trained warriors, was meet ing the flanking attack, 1t was said.
 Philippians Holding.
 Ethiopian sources asserted that the warriors were holding, and that repeated Italian attacks over a per 10d of four days had been repulsed. In 8 communique Nassibu asserted that the Italians were using poison ~gas. In an airplane raid wednesday, wthe Communique said, Italian planes bomber Sasa Baneh and Dabbah Bur, with the result that 30 persons suffered horrible burns on their faces, their Eyes, and their skin. The government intended to base new protest to the League of Nations on the communique.
 Eden, Flandin Fight
 Geneva, April 10 -- (UP] - Great Britain, ignoring Italian talk of war, ssannounced today that 1t would seek ,snew penalties against Italy for it's war on Ethiopia if a final effort failed.
 Anthony Eden, British Foreign secrettry, made the announcement.
 The committee of 13, which is the League Council without Italy, met to conside rthe Italian-Ethiopian situation.
 It was a show down between Bri- tain, which wants to make sure that Italy stops it's war at once, and France, eager to win Italy back to its united front" against Germany in the Rhine1and dispute. Y The committee decided to adjourn @lintil April 16, so that Salvador De Madariaga of Spain, it's chairman, could make 8 last effort at peace cable settlement fthe dispute in a conference with Italian and Ethi- opian delegates Tuesday.
 Eden Makes Threat r Eden then threatened, If Madari- ' agas report of his conference was unfavorable, to seek conyocation Of ' the league committee of Is April IT ss---next day - to vote new penalties against Italy.
 \ Eden and Pierre Etienne Flandin clashed bitterly, it was learned, at the meeting of the committee of l3, which he. joined late after confer erlce with Premier Paul Van Zeeland of Belgium, here for Rhineland conference this afternoon. ; Committee men seemed exhausted when they left the meeting, giving ! Italy a week to show that it means peace. The alternative is an oil embargo and a grave European crisis.
 z Eden impulsively championed the