Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1935, Page 14

A—14 ¥ LABORITES FACING GRISIS IN BRITAIN Governmert’s Stand in Ethiopian Situation Brings Leaders to London. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 19.—The ques- tion of whether the League of Na- tions should invoke military measures to prevent war in Africa resulted to-| day in a crisis in the affairs of Great Britain’s Labor party. Chieftains of the government’s strongest opposition gathered in Lon- don for what was decribed offiefally &5 an “emergency meeting.” The immediate question to be dis- cussed by the Labor executives was| whether the two men who have led | their parliamentary forces for four years—George Lansbury in the House | of Commons and Lord Ponsonby in the House of, Lords—must step down to make way for new blood. Both Lansbury and Lord Ponsonby | are avowed pacifists of long standing, who maintain a preference for old- fashioned political methods. Lord Ponsonby announced his resignation | as Labor leader in the House of Lords yesterday and Lansbury offered to quit his post in Commons. Labor Circles Stirred. A sharp discussion of the issue of litary measures to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia was expected in Labor circles at the executive session. A number of prominent party lead- ers have expressed reservations since the Trades Union Council and the party made a joint declaration in favor of using all necessary meas- ures pr ed by the League of Na- tions covenant “to prevent Italy's un- just, rapacious attack upon the ter- ritory of a fellow member of the League.” In view of a campaiga launched by the Socialist League against Britain’s beir drawn into any “imperialist war,” informed political quarters were dubio as to whether the time had yet a ed for Lansbury and Lord Ponsonby to be replaced by younger men. i Eventual replacement of Lansbury by some likely candidate for the post of prime minister, if and when a Labor government is likely to return to power, was predicted freely in the ranks of the party Although the party executives exer- cise an important influence, an actual vote for party leaders cannot take place until the party meets October 29, with the reassembling of Parlia- ment Sir Richard Cripps Resigns. | eastern attack will | Assab. THE Where Il Duce Would Strike FIVE ITALIAN ARMIES DECLARED READY TO INVADE ETHIOPIA. . DESSIE BY ROBINSON By Wireless to The Star. ADDIS ABABA, September 19 (N. MACLEAN. | AN.A).—Five separate armies of the | and | Italian dictator await the word to|armies on the march. The country advance. Three will strike at the forces of Emperor Haile Selassie from Eritrea on the northeast and two will penetrate Ethiopian territory Italian Somaliland on the southeast. This, I learned from official sources, | has been definitely agreed upon as the Italian plan of campaign should war develop. Four of the attacking forces will advance on foot, while the fifth will consist largely of airplanes. Ethiopian Plans. Ethiopian military leaders are fully cognizant of the Italian plans and are taking steps to meet them. Gen- erally speaking, the Ethiopian plan is thi Three lines of defense will be drawn up in the path of an Italian advance, preferably on a flank. The lines will be established, wherever it is feasible. in trenches. The infan- try will be reinforced by fast-moving cavalry units, which will be rushed from one section to another when danger threatens. Dessie, a little town about 150 miles | north and east of Addis Ababa, is to be the objective of the three Italian | armies advancing from Eritrea. If | this town were the hub of a wheel, the | Italians would be traveling down three of its spokes. The westerly army will leave from Agordat, the central and largest force from Asmara, while the be made from from | ADDIS ABABA HARAR . l Men and mules, machine guns and | artillery, war tanks and poisop gas | will pour slowly south from Agordat Asmara—modern, disciplined | they will pass through-is mountain- | ous, the least fever-ridden, and well | watered, with plenty of food available. The Asmara force must pass fateful | Aduwa, where the italian army was annihilated in 1895, and Magdala, where the British under Napier triumphed over King Theodore in 1886. The troops from Agordat pass Aksum, the old capital of Ethiopia, | where the ark of the covenant once | ErPsl?d, and must face, among other obstacles, the great, almost impass- able gorge of the River Takasse. The attack from Assab will be made by the air armada of Mussolini, EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, for the route over which an army would have to march is largely water- less desert, strewn with sharp-edged lava rocks, pouring back the relentless heat of the sun. The airplanes will carry on bombing operations and serve as scouts for the armies advanc- ing on foot. Already the Ethiopians have assem- bled a large force in the eastern sec- ton of the Province of Gojjam to meet the Italian advance. Three lines of defense will be spread out in strategic positions. The Italians ad- vancing from Agordat will face the flerce and proud Gondar men, while the main Italian force from Asmara will meet the Tigre men, the greatest fighters in Ethiopia. The two Italian armies will ad- vance northwest from Somaliland, with the City of Harar in Ogaden Province as their objective. The more northerly force will swing porth from the border and pass through Walwal, where last January the “incident” oc- curred which was the forerunner of the present war threat. After passing Walwal, they will turn to the west toward Harar. The second force will start ftom a point farther to the south and follow the valley of the Webi Shibeli River. Their route will take them almost due west, then north to Harar. Fewer Barriers. Both southern armies advancing from Somaliland are expected to move forward faster than the armies to the north, because they do not face the almost impenetrable barriers which the latter will encounter. It is with the hope of checking this more rapid advance that the Ethiop- fans have sent most of their cavalry into this section. While infantry forces will be sta- tioned on the flanks of both Italian forces, the cavalry under Hapte Mikael will be the main threat. This great force, now at Gerlogubi, and THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE Why Buy Any But the Best Paint When BARRELED SUNLIGHT Costs NO More Than Y of the Job? estimated at over 40,000 horsemen, will be stationed between the two lines of advancing Italians and will attack each one in turn as the cpportunity presents itself. - According to present plans, the air- planes from Assab will serve as the only connecting links between the two southern and the three northern armies. If the forces reach Dessie and Harar, they will continue west along separate routes and will not meet until they enter Addis Ababa. If they are coming, they will be on their way officially a week from Fri- day, for that is the day of the Maskal feast, when Ethiopians celebrate the end of the rains. But, as the rains have almost ceased here—it only rained for an hour Wednesday— Addis Ababa may be on the business end of an Italian bomb long before that. (Copyright, 1035. by the North American Ni per Alliance. Inc.) These Brothers A. SMITH | Economical —An Estimate Will Convince You 1904 M St. NW, 66, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935. CALLES MAY LIVE IN U. S. Daughter and Son-in-Law Open Los Angeles Residence. LOS ANGELES, September 19 (#).— The daughter and son-in-law of for- mer President Elias Plutarco Calles of Mexico opened a residence in the exclusive Wilshire district of Los Angeles today, yiving rise to a report in Mexican circles here that Calles would make his future home in Los Angeles. 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