The opinion of a British naval officer, who has been through the great war, on the Italo-Abyssinian dispute
Place of publication: England
Language: eng
Subjects: Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Notes: "I quite seriously believe that we have failed in our obligations to give some of German Africa to Italy, as we promised as she came in on our side in 1915. I also believe that, as we have permitted Germany to re-arm, we have made it an urgent necessity for Italy to be rid of the Abyssinian menace. Ten thousand pious resolutions at Geneva would never show the Abyssinian tribesman that the Italian army of today is not the same as it was in '96... Our two Socialist papers have screamed for action against Italy; but no one takes them seriously. There is no hatred of Italy anywhere except among our wild pacifists and Socialists who are furious at the progress Italy has made under Fascism." -- Page [1].

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War (also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War), was a colonial war which was fought between October 1935 and February 1937.