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A—4 w» THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1935. BRITISH EMBARGD END 15 FORECAST Threefold League Sanction Expected in Next 48 Hours. By the Assoclated Press. ‘ LONDON, October 7.—Lifting of the arms embargo against Ethiopia when the British cabinet meets ‘Wednesday was forecast in the press today. A decision to permit British aid to Emperor Haile Selassie’s warriors hinges on the action of the League of Nations, expected in the next 48 hours, on the question of whatsform sanc- tions against the “war guilty” might take. Threefold Moves Expected. ‘These are expected to be threefold: First, breaking off of diplomatic re- lations with Italy. Second, refusal to accept Italian exports. | Third, cut off financial aid and supplies to Italy. | In additon, presupposing Italy were | named the ageressor, the League might decide to help Ethiopia. With that in view, informed quarters believe the cabinet is ready to end the em- bargo. Premier Stanley Baldwin returned to No. 10 Downing street last nigh to take personal command of the | swiftly mounting crisis. British circles take a melanchol view of proceedings at Geneva, es-| pecially with Premier Laval of France bracing both feet on the soft pedal.| London feels the League will adopt only innocuous financial sanctions against the aggressor in the war. In the West End of London last night police had to wield their batons to protect Fascist demonstrators from hostile crowds. . Proclamation (Continued From First Page.) of the United States Coast Guard, di- | rected all officers and services units | to ald customs collectors in enforce- ment of neutrality laws at all ports. The instructions were sent to all Coast Guard stations including those in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Hull Denies Collaboration. As this message was being dis- patched, newspaper men asked Secre- tary of State Hull about various in- terpretations of the presidential proclamations. He declared they had been issued solely in the interests of the American people and without no- tice to or collaboration with anybody, anywhere. The Northern Campaign Reports today indicated the main Ethiopian force was concentrated at Dessye, awaiting the Emperor and his picked bodyguard. detachment ‘was at Makale in expect: out of Adigrat and Aduwa. Facing Ethiopians at Harar and Jijiga. T (TALIANS - ETHIOPIANS T —— O 28 30 78 100 FRENCH TROOPS TO GUARD RAILROAD N @2kAR A strong ation of an attack by Italian troops possible attack from the south were —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Geneva age.) (Continued From Firs which represents every nation except | Italy, which is a Council member. All that remained on the subject was a public session of the complete Council to vote on the committee re- | port. The Italians asked postpone- | ment of a public session for more time to study the report. Ethiopians Victors. | The Ethiopians pressed for immediate public meeting. Ethiopians won. | Baron Pompeo Aloisi, head of the | Italian delegation, and Tecle Hawar- | iate, Ethiopian delegate, sat at the Council table. With every inch of | | the Council hall filled, Enrique Ruiz | Guinazu of Argentina, Council presi- | dent, invited the two parties to com- an The | ernment of Italy had resorted to war ment on the report of the Committee Besides proclaiming the embargo and the warning to travelers—two | steps provided for in the recent neu- | trality legislation adopted by Con- | gress—President Roosevelt went be- yond the text of that legislation 1nv another move. He declared in a state- | of 13. Aloisi spoke frst. Aloisi emphasized anew the insecur- ity of the Italian frontiers which re- sulted from a series of aggressive ects by Ethiopians, and protested against comparing the Ethiopian at- posed of Great Britain, France, Portu- gal, Rumania, Denmark and Chile. The big six reported they had “ar- rived at the conclusion that the gov- in violation of Article XIL" The committee of 13, in adopting this conclusion, modified the wording slightly to adhere closely to the text at the begirning of article XVI of the Covenant. League officials said this change did not weaken the report of the smaller committee and, in fact, it gave notice that the Council definitely was opera- ting under article XVI, which is con- | ceraed with sanctions against aggres- | sor nations. It was stated that under present plans, the League Assembly, when it meets Wednesday, will be asked to co- | ordinate the economic and financial sanctions automatically called for against Italy. Officials said they believed an early effort would be made to obtain some form of collaboration with the United States and other nations which are! | not members of the League so that | any sanctions would be entirely effective. These officials said they considered | | President Roosevelt's statement help- | CANAL HEADS BAR CLOSING OF SUEZ Reassert Their Intention to Maintain Service in Hostilities. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 7.—Directors of the Suez Canal Co. after a meeting today reiterated their assertion that | the canal will remain open to all countries during the hostilities in East Africa. Only a blockade or an attack by some other country will prevent Ital- ian ships from using the waterway, the officials added. They also char- acterized as “ridiculous” reports that the board had considered raising the rates on Italian ships. The board—21 Frenchmen, 10 Eng- lishmen and 1 Hollander—met in reg- ular session and studied advices from international lawyers. Can’t Decide on Sanctions. An official statement published by the company said it would be impos- sible for the directors to take any decision on closing of the canal by “sanctions.” “The company is firm, and therefore neutral,” statement said. “Its neutrality is recognized by the Constantinople Convention of 1888 and specifically maintained by article 282 of the Ver- sailles treaty, therefore guaranteed by the covenant. The canal, therefore, remains open.” Simultaneously, a movement In favor of negotiating quickly with Premier Mussolini for settlement of his controversy with Ethiopia gained ground after the Italians reached their Aduwa goal. The influential newspaper Petit Parisien issued a strong appeal to the League of Nations, declaring it was not too late for negotiations. Sanctions Are Opposed. The National Union of Veterans, representing 920,000 men, and the Peasant Front added their voices to those being raised against sanctions, sending a telegram of protest against any such action to Premier Laval at Geneva. Hopes for a rapid settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian problem were consid- ered in French general opinion to have been increased by President Roose- velt's embargo on shipments of Amer- ijcan arms and munitions to the belligerents. The President seems to have placed his “neutrality” at the service of the League of Nations and Great Britain to help them end the warfare in Ethiopia, said the liberal newspaper Oluvre. & commercial the after a bitter counter-attack, taking five Italian officers as prisoners. Ttalian Advance Reported. Italy’s southern force was said to be advancing along the Dolo frontier from Italian Somaliland, but the gov- ernment announced that it had no | knowledge of the reported Ogaden | Province offensive. Although defending the boundaries ITALIANG EXPECT SLOWER ADVANCE Country Is Overjoyed at Wiping Out Stain of Aduwa Defeat. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, October 7.—An Italian gov- ernment spokesman said today Italy's troops would consolidate their quickly won positions in Northern !.‘Lhinpixl and might not advance as spectacu- | larly for the next few days as meyl did during their drive on Aduwa. Fascist sentiment at home backed the army in its program of making sure of holding Aduwa, scene of Italy’s humilating defeat in 1896. Crowds which marched behind a band playing patriotic music last night bore banners proclaiming: “Aduwa Italian Again.” “Aduwa Italian Forever.” “Aduwa Today, Ad- dis Ababa Tomorrow.” Amity for France Shown. Demonstrations throughout the | kingdom reflected the nation’s re- joicing over the capture of Aduwa. In many cities the demonstrations | were linked to manifestations of | friendship with France. Masses gathered in front of the French consulate and raised up vivas for France and Premier Laval, to- gether with their cheers for Italy, Premier Mussolini and the Italian Army in Africa. While Fascists celebrated the vic- tory, officials watchd for developments at Geneva, where they believed sanc- tions might be voted against Italy to halt its warfare in Ethiopia. ‘The United States’ arms embargo caused Italy no anxiety, officials said, because this nation had not been buying arms from America, They observed cheerfully, on the other hand, that President Roosevelt's proclamation of the embargo would mean no arms from America for Ethiopia. Look Next to League. It was to the League of Nations that Italy’s man in the street looked for the next developments. He hoped that the French cabinet would back Premier Laval in a stand against application of sanctions by the League. If economic sanctions were resorted to, he remembered Il Duce's admoni- tion that he must tighten his belt. Court (Continued Prom First Page.) York Ctiy. The glittering new struc- ture near the Capitol and the Con- gressional Library is in marked con- trast to the somber chamber it has | occupied in the Capitol midway be- tween the Senate and House of Rep- Abstract of Report to League Committee Finds Italy-Has Resorted to War in Violation of Article 12 of League Covenant. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 7.—An abstract of the report of the League of Nations' Council Committee of Six on the Italo- Ethiopian conflict follows: “At a meeting October 5 the Coun- cil, having heard declarations of the representatives of Italy and Ethiopia and taken notice of the grave facts Ppresented it, entrusted to a committee of the Council the task of ‘studying the situation and making a report which would permit the Council to take decisions with full knowledge of the question.’ “For study of this situation, created by facts which came after October 2, the committee had the duty of speci- 1ying these facts and to determine their character in relation to provi- slons of the covenant. Two Questions Weighed. “The committee asked itself if there Wwas resort to war contrary to articles 12, 13 or 15 of the covenant. “Twe questions arose: “l. Is there a state of war between Italy and Ethiopia? “2. If in the affirmative, this resort to war, did it take place contrary to articles 12, 13 and 15 of the cov- enant? “To reply to these questions the following information was brought together and classified: “At the end of the first part of its Teport, by virtue of article 15, para- graph 4, the committee of the Coun- cil recalled two telegrams sent Oc- ;gber 3 byht.he Italian and Ethiopian vernments announcing the o of military operations. e “The telegrams received later were seen in the light of other official com- | munications to permit the retracing | of events of the 3d and 4th of October. Italy Announces Advance. “‘October 3—The proclamation of the Italian high commissioner in East Africa to the population of Eritrea which announced ‘so that your lands may not be damaged by war and to bring aid to numerous popula- tions in the Tigre and other regions where our intervention is necessary, I have ordered troops to pass Mareb." This river constitutes by virtue of the Italo-Ethiopian treaty of July 10, 1900, the frontier between Ethiopia and the Italian colony of Eritrea. Itaiy and Ethiopla subscribed, con- demns also ‘resort to force for settle- ment of international differences,’ and obliges signatories of the treaty to seek by pacific means settlement or solution of all differences or conflicts whatever their pature or origin which can arise. Article 16 Invoked. “The Ethiopian government at the Council meeting October 5 invoked article 16 of the covenant which de- clares, ‘should any member of the League resort to war in disregard of its covenants under articles 12, 13 and 15, it should ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other members of the League.’ “If any member of the League in- vokes article 16, each other member should examine the circumstances of the particular case. It is not nec- essary that war be formally declared 80 that this article 16 may be ap- plied.” ‘The report concludes as follows: “The committee having examined the facts outlined above has arrived at the conclusion that the government tion of article 12 of the League of Nations covenant.” Proclamation Roosevelt Warns U. S. Cit- izens on Travel on Foes’ Ships. By the Associated Press. The text of President Roosevelt's proclamation warning citizens that they travel on the vessels of warring Italy and Ethiopia at their “own risk”: Whereas Section 6 of the joint reso- lution of Congress approved August 31, 1935, provides that: “Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the Presi- dent shall find that the maintenance of peace between the United States and foreign nations, or the protection of the lives of citizens of the United States, or the protection of the com- mercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or the security of the MRS. ROOSEVELT PAUSES IN D. €. Arrives by Plane—Finds White House Undergoing Winter Transformation. | After an airplane arrival an hour and a half late under a canopy of storm clouds, Mrs. Franklin D. Rooses velt today was back in her White House home from a cross-country trip with the President. She reached | Washington last night. “It was a good trip” said Mrs, | Roosevelt. “We were just sent a differs ent way, that's all.” She was met at the airport by her friend, Miss Lorena Hickok, and went | at once to the White House for a one- day stay before going to Hyde Park of Italy has resorted to war in viola- | | made in the early hours. The 15th United States requires that the Ame ican citizens should refrain from trav- eling as passengers on the vessels of any belligerent nation, he shall so proclaim, and thereafter no citizen of the United States shall travel on any vessel of any belligerent nation except at his own risk, unless in accordance with such rules and regulations as the President shall prescribe: Exceptions Provided. “Provided, however, that the pro- visions of this section shall not apply “The same day at 5 am. ‘after having overthrown adverse covering elements which had not been with- drawn, contrary to what had been | annotaced at Geneva, Italian columns advanced on a line stretching 20 kil- ometers from the frontier.” (Italian communique 2 of October 4.) Drop Bombs On Chibbi. “On the other hand, ‘the first flight of war on Aduwa and Adigrat' was | Squadrca of resentatives. q Q Bombardment attained ment that Americans who engage in | tjtude of aggression against Italy with “transactions of any character” with | the situation in respect to other pow- either of the belligerents will “do 50 | ers which have colonies bordering on at their own risk.” Ethiopia. ful in this respect since it seemed to | of his empire against Italy, the Em- indicate that the United States would | peror still considered the League of have no business relations whatsoever This marked a distinct reversal of policy. In the past the United States has argued for the right of neutral citizens and commerce to “freedom of the seas.” Passionate controversy | Referring to the recommendation | of the Committee of 13's report that ! any violation of the covenant be end- ed emmediately, the Italian delegate said his country ‘believes it has in no about deaths and injuries suffered by | manner committed any such viola- Americans and about restrictions on | tion. Italy merely took necessary American trade preceded this coun- | measures, he said, for the security of try's entry into the World War. Italian colonies in a way which was The warning to travelers was issued | imposed by circumstances determined last night after the President had | DY the fault of others. made his other two moves late Sat-| Charges Held Poorly Examined. urday night. Since Ethiopia has no| Aloisi complained that the acts of | merchant marine, the latest procla- | Ethiopian aggression denounced in the with either Italy or Ethiopia. President Roosevelt’s warning to Americans to stay off belligerents’ ships was regarded in some League of Nations circles today as having ini- tiated a mild form of sanctions against Italy. Selassie | (Continued From First Page) most distinguished Ethiopian general. | Nations the only agency competent to settle the conflict. This attitude was reflected in a government statement to the press in connection with the report of the League Council's Committee of 13, “We have complete confidence in the wisdom and justice of the statesmen comprising the Council, and they alone \ are able to terminate the unjust ag- | gression of which Ethiopia became the | victim even before the League’s pacific | solution to our differences was con- cluded.” the statement said. 1 Committee Report Points. Points in the committee’s report Its old home used to be the Senate chamber, in which reverberated the oratory of Webster, Clay, Calhoun and | other statesmen. There was no alteration in the pro- | ceedings which have marked the court opening for decades. The nine justices, whose average age is 70, don their black robes in an ante-room and flle solemnly into | the chamber through three crimson- | draped doors. Court officials bow as | each justice enters and the jurist re- turns the formality. Audience Rises. As the audience rises and page boys pull back the leather-cushioned chairs occupied by the justices, bass- voiced T. E. Waggaman, the court crier, intones: “The honorable, the Chief Justice and the associate justices of the Su- | preme Court of the United States.” There is a brief pause and, the court Aduwa ‘where armed Ethiopian bands and local garrisons opened fire' on | Italian airplanes. ‘The squadron re- plied immediately and after having | recognized that the most important center of the offensive was the interior of Chibbi dropped upon it several bombs. It went subsequently to Adi- | grat and dropped the remainder of its explosives on groups of armed men and upon fortifications which had | to a citizen traveling on the vessel of a belligerent whose voyage was begun in advance of the date of the Presi- dent’s proclamation, and who had no opportunity to discontinue his voyage after that date: “And provided further that they shall not apply under 90 days after the date of the President’s proclama- tion to a citizen returning from a for- eign country to the United States or | | to await Mr. Roosevelt’s return from | his Western trip. She was wearing a | brown traveling suit, homespun at Val-Kill, where she has installed a |loom at the Hyde Park estate to | stimulate home industry. | Light and water were turned on at | the White House, still in the process !of overhauling, for her short stay | there. Early at Desk. Stephen T. Early of the White House secretariat returned to his desk today from his trip to the West Coast. He was enthuslastic over the recep= tion accorded the President through=- out his journey across the continent, | He flew back with Mrs. Roosevelt. Meanwhile, the annual Fall trans- | formation of the White House is !under way. Outside gardeners are | preparing the lawn and the shrubs for | the Winter ahead. Inside the house= | keepers are removing screens and are | ranging to hang lace curtains and draperies. | The first sign of the approach of Winter came when the air-cooling | system was turned off and the heat | turned on. Then followed the re« | moval of the awnings. Heat From Central Plant. Heat for the White House for the last dozen years has been piped from a central heating plant which makes it possible to keep every room come fortable at all times withcut the ine convenience of dirt and soot. Before | that time, the furnaces in the White | House consumed about 140 tons of anthracite a year The only part of the White House not heated from the central plant is the executive office. Its independent system has air-conditioning equipe ment which provides cool air in the Summer and heat in the Winter. As soon as White House employes complete the removal of the screens— a gigantic task because of the great | number of windows and doors—the lace curtains and the draperies will be hung. Treatment of the 16 acres of lawn to resist the cold weather is another big job which falls under the direce tion of Willlam Reeves, superintendent of gardeners. For more than a week his force of gardners has been busy sowing seeds and covering the lawns with fertilizer. Fireplace Logs Arrive. Another sign of the coming of Win- ter is the arrival of truckloads of neatly cut logs for the open fireplaces in both the Mansion and the execu- mation affects only the ships of Italy. After quoting the authority confer- red on him by the neutrality law, the ! Italian memorandum were not suffi- ciertly examined by the committee. He said that repeated violation by Ethiopians said that within two | especially pleasing to the Emperor weeks the Emperor would have in his | were said by the government statement command a total of 600,000 well-|to be: | and spectators still standing, he adds reverentially: | “O yez! O yez!! O yez!!! All per- President proclaimed: Ethiopia of treaties corziuded with | “Whereas, I find that the protection | of the lives of citizens of the United | States requires that American citi- zens should refrain from traveling as passengers on the vessels of either of the belligerent nations. “Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said joint resolution of Congress, do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States to abstain from travel- ing on any vessel of either of the belligerent nations contrary to the Pprovisions of the said joint resolution, and “I do hereby give notice that any citizen of the United States who may travel on such vessel, contrary to the provisions of the said joint resolu- tion, will do so at his own risk.” Passenger Lists Shrink. The effect of this proclamation on the ships of Italy has yet to be cal- culated. Dispatches from New York quoted shipping men as saying the effect of the Italo-Ethiopian quarrel already had been felt on previous | trips of the Italian line’s two big express liners, the Rex and Conte de Savoia. First-class cabin lists on those trips were described as smaller than usual. While all officials here remained silent, observers here and elsewhere pondered several questions, among them: 1. To what extent will American exporters of raw materials and other goods to Italy refrain from shipments because of the President’s action? (Shipments to Ethiopia are negligible.) | 2. What bearing, if any, will the em- bargo on munitions shipments and the warning about other transactions have on any sanctions (financial and economic pressure) which the League of Nations may decide to apply against Italy? ROOSEVELT SATISFIED. By the Associated Press. EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON THE PACIFIC COAST, October 7.—President Roose- wolt was represented today as being @stisfied his two proclamations had gealed the United States' neutrality & the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. ‘The proclamations placed an em- bargo on shipments of arms to the belligerent nations and waraed Amer- icans they would travel at their owe risk on Italian or Ethiopian ships. The President was keeping in close touch with Washington as he devoted part of his time aboard the cruiser Houston to a general study of domes- tic affairs. Heavy swells on the Pacific put the presidential party to a sea test during the quick run to Cocos Island off Costa Rico. The cruiser cut through the rolling waters at 21 knots. ‘Mr. Roosevelt plans to spend several days at the palm-covered island, at- tracted by the fishing in the vicinity. The party is scheduled to arrive ‘Wednesday. p Italy were neglected in the commit- | tee’s report. | The apparent effort to attenuate before international public opinion the existence of slavery in Ethiopia is an injustice, he said, “because the result is to make Italian grievances appear exaggerated and the Italian attitude appear unjustified.” Referring to Ethiopian violations of the treaty of 1930 concerning the traf- fic in arms, Aloisi said Italy has al- ready sufficiently denounced them. ’ He complained bitterly that the com- mittee had neglected to draw a con- clusion from Ethiopia's violation of treaties that it no longer should be a League member. Commenting on Italy’s troop move- ment to East Africa. Aloisi said “Ital- ian preparations for defense were made in the full light of day and that there are Italian forces now in East Africa is universally known and they were supervised as they passed through the Suez Canal.” Cites Colonies’ Distance. He underlined the fact that Italy’s colonies are very distant from the homeland and it is necessary to have ready a great quantity of supplies. The Italian delegate recalled that the committee had recommended put- ting an end to any violation of the covenant and declared that, as far as| Italy was concerned, Italy had not vio- lated the covenant in taking what he| called necessary measures for its se- | curity. The next speaker was Hawariate. Speaking in French, he attempted to refute, point by point, Aloisi's state- ments, Hawariate voiced Ethiopia’s thanks to the “Committee of 13” for its re- port, calling it fair to Ethiopia. It is this report which describes TItaly as being in the wrong and which | was followed by today's report of the “Bix Six” Committee, which said| Italy disregarded the Covenant of the League. ‘While the Ethiopian read through page after page of his long statement Baron Aloisi, who appeared tired, leaned his head on his hand and stared at the back wall of the Council room. Adoption of the report means that Italy may be deemed to have com- mitted an act of war against all members of the League in her attack on Ethiopia Three-month Period Fixed. (Article XII is an agreement among League members that they will “in no case” resort to war until three months after a report by the Council. Under Article XVI the Covenant provides: “Should any member of the League resort to war in disregard of its cov- I'ents under Articles XII, XIII or XV, it shall ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all other members of the League, which ject it to the severance of all trade or financial relations * * *.”) The Committee of 13 as taking ac- tion on a report submitted by the | Council’s “Big Six” Committee, com- Y hereby undertake immediately to sub- | { | | A government official said the oc- armed warriors plus 408,000 variously | 1. That he did all In his power ‘%3‘,’*.‘;‘,,:‘“&":‘ ;:;1;::! b::?‘::c th;’ h‘{fl; | United States, are admonished to draw | near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting. “God save the United States and | this honorable court.” | As he finishes the last word he | bangs sharply with his gavel. Every one is seated and Chief Justice Hughes proceeds with the court business. All the attendants wear formal morning clothes. Most of the lawyers do likewise during arguments. The majesty and beauty of the new chamber was an awe-inspiring sight. Cathedral Atmosphere. ‘The lofty ornate ceiling, stately columns and church-pew benches im- parted the atmosphere of a cathedral. In the smaller and, by comparison, | plain old court room in the Capitol, | many attorneys, noted for oratory, | choked with nervousness when they addressed the court. Court attaches watched to see how the magnificent new surroundings would affect them. The rich red velvet drapes behind the bench and the brighter red of a thick carpet and cushions on the spectator benches offered a marked contrast to the black robes and sil- vered hair of the justices. A large clock has been hung overhead behind the bench. Suspended from the ceil- ing is a large disc-shaped chandelier. Imported Marble. Quarries of Italy and Spain fur- nished the tinted marble interior of the chamber. The walls are ivory shade, tall columns stretching to the high ceiling are a faint peach or yel- armed men. | The members of the Swedish Mili- | | tary Mission have resigned their com- missions in the Swedish Army in order to serve Haile Selassie. Ras Desta Damtou, the son-in-law of the Emperor, is leaving for Sidamo, Ogaden Province, where he has been appointed commander of the southern forces, totaling 250,000 The Belgian military mission leaving Addis Ababa tomorrow. Dedjazmatch Bayame Merid, an other son-in-law of the Emperor, with 40,000 men, is to co-operate with | Desta Damtou in Ogaden. Ras Emrou, the Emperor's cousin, with his 100,000 men, has been or- dered to remain in reserve in Godjam Province. The government today admitted officially that the Italians occupied Aduwa and Adigrat yesterday, saying that the occupation was accomplished without resistance. It was stated that the evacuation of these two towns was made in an orderly manner, according to a pre- arranged plan, and that the Ethiopians now were stationed outside these points. Military Significance Denied. | cupation of Aduwa had no military significance and that in accordance with a long-standing plan the Ethio- pians intended to make their main stand in mountain positions, which | they consider impregnable, 40 miles south of Aduwa. Emperor Haile Selassie was repre- sented as profoundly disappointed by President Roosevelt’s embargo on arms shipments to the belligerents | since, in reality, it affects only Ethi- | opia which has no means of making arms while Italy has many munitions factories. Haile Selassie was stated to have believed that the United States and other nations would impose an em- bargo on Italy but not or Ethiopia. The diplomatic corps, at a special meeting today, agreed to ask the various governments which the dip- lomats represent to appeal to Italy to refrain from aerial bombing of Addis Ababa, Deridawa and other large towns where numbers of their nationals are located. The Italian Minister was not present at the meeting. New Protest to League. The Emperor sent another tele- | | graphic protest to the League of Na- tions against the Italian invasion. The impression was growing in the capital that the warfare was a trial balloon being sent up by Premier Mus- solini. Ethiopian sources said they would consider peace only when they knew Mussolini’s terms. The Emperor conferred all day with his highest chieftains and government officials. An unofficial and entirely uncon- to any of its possessions. When, in the President’s judgment, the condi- tions which have caused him to issue his proclamation, have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply.” opened steady fire.’ “The 14th Squadron Bombardment which had left ‘for an objective situated beyond the frontier returned | that morning to the airport at Asmara ! after having accomplished brilliantly its mission.’ “October 4—‘Advance guards of the Italians attained Adigrat and Entiscio.’ e h " Sotiules 3%, 13 2 ited. | And whereas war now unhappily “By virtue of antiies 12, 13 and 15 €XIsts between Ethiopia and the King of the League covenant, all members | 40m of Italy; and of the League of Nations have a duty ‘Whereas I find that the protection to submit either to the procedure of | of the lives of citizens of the United arbitration or to a judicial settlement | States requires that American citi- or to an examination by the Council zens should refrain from traveling as of all differences that may arise with | passengers on the vessels of eithur another member of the League which | of the belligerant nations; Admonishes Citizens. firmed report circulated, meanwhile, that Ethiopians had recaptured Aduwa suppress slavery. 2. That he observed regulations con- cerning arms traffic. 3. That he unified the country and made the central authority better obeyed. 4. That Ethiopia demanded, Italy refused arbitration. 5. That Ethiopia accepted recom- mendations of the League Committee of Five in contrast to Italy's preten- sion to civilize Africa. 6. That the committee insisted every solution of the Italo-Ethiopian conflict must rest on independence, territorial integrity and security of Ethiopia, and that every solution must be accepted by every member of the League. War Preparations Pushed. 7. That Italy continued its war preparations. 8. That Ethiopia was ready to sus- pend the question of possession of Walwal, scene of a frontier incident, and accept an investigation and de- cisions of neutral observers, while Italy demanded complete freedom of action, declaring the dispute could not be settled through procedure under the League Covenant. The Italian Minister thanked the Emperor for the safe arrival and con- siderate treatment of consular officials from Debra Markos and Dessie. The Debra Markos officials were held up overnight by authorities at Entoto Mountain. Vinci-Gigliucci asked the govern- ment to ascertain the whereabouts of the Italian commercial attache at Makale, 60 miles from the Aduwa front, from whom he had heard no word for several weeks. Aduwa Consul Missing. Vinci-Gibliucei also asked the authorities to locate the Aduwa consul, who disappeared after thanking Ras Seyoum, governor of East Tigre Province, for his kind treatment. The Minister was awaiting instruc- tions from Rome concerning his recall. Military observers anticipated hourly the opening guns of the campaigns from the precipitous heights around Makale, in the north, and from the low-lying desert region about Ogaden Province, in the south. The Ethiopians were jubilant over the stubborn, three-day defense of Aduwa against Italy’s heavy guns and planes. but £s¢. 1928 aae’ ewer Box Engagement and Wedding Rines: NAT. 7601 might bring about a rupture.” At this point the report mentions It continues, “without prejudice to their right to resort to war, members of the League of Nations do not have the right without previously conform- ing to provisions of articles 12, 13 and 15 to seek by war a remedy for their grievances which they may think they have against other mem- bers. The adoption by a state of measures of security on its own ter- ritory and in limit of its international agreements does not authorize an- other state to free itself from obliga- tions imposed by the covenant. “The pact of Paris of 1928, to which low, and the bases and borders a streaked, greenish black. Above the pillars historic figures are carved in the four walls. Famous law- makers from the time of Menel, Egyp- tion ruler of 4000 B.C., down to Chief Justice Marshall, whose opinions es- tablished many of the Supreme Court’s powers, are included. A few things among the furnishings recall the old, smaller court room—in the Capitol—the uneven assortment of “favorite chairs” of the justices, the ancient quill pens on the table for counsel and the clerk’s Bible on which hundreds of lawyers have been sworn. Aids Jubilee Fund. A circus showing in Singapore, Straits Settlements, is giving one- tenth of its nightly receipts to a pub- lic jubilee fund. Answering The Question M. E. SWING 1013 E | Now, therefore, I, Franklin » | Roosevelt, President of the United | the appeal of Ethiopia to the League. | States of America, acting under and | by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said joint resolution of Congress, do hereby admonish all citi- (zens of the United States to abstain from traveling on any vessel of either the provisions of the said joint reso- lution; and At Own Risk. I do hereby give notice that any citizen of the United States who may | travel on such a vessel, contrary to the provisions of the said joint reso- lution, will do so at his own risk. In witness whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and caused the ;ex.:d of the United States to be af- Done at the City of Washington | this 5th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1935 and of the indepen- dence of the United States of America the 160th. (Signed) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. By the President: Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. 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These trees, about 40 in num- ber, were imported from Holland more than 30 years ago, are transferred from the wings about the first of Noe vember each year and stored in the White House green houses until the approach of Summer. | —_— | FOXWELL RITES SET of the belligerent nations contrary to | Funeral services for John W. Fox- well, who died in Emergency Hospital Saturday night of injuries suffered in | the Potomac Electric Power Co. explo= | siort of June 29, will be held at 2 p.m. | tomorrow at his home, 3940 Thirty- |Wourth street, Mount Rainier, Md. | Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Ceme- | tery. | Foxwell, who was employed by the subcontracting firm of Skinker, Gar- rett & Co., was the fifth fatality in | the explosion. —_———— Imports Gain. Peru's imports in the first half of | this year were 19.3 per cent above those for the corresponding period of 1934. Al THAT mysterious Ori- ental gem, sister of itself in We invite your inspection of our beautifyl Zircon stock. 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