SITUATION IN ABYSSINIA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 12

SITUATION IN ABYSSINIA.

■! While the:varying';hews-rregarding' ; .thi. health.of theOimperor■ Menelik is.'foK' lowed 'With'.gfeat.riuterestV'no': amdeiy is felt as to. the-situation ..which..will; arise on.' his: death,iinasmuchv as',.: ; ri6t■'.'only Groat',-Britain,'; France, ,and".■ Italy, ..tho Powers most 'immediately ■ interested'in' Abyssinia,'.but also"all the.other' Powers,, havo"agreed in Hho , -event , of;. Menclik's death to : recognise 'Lij'Jassu.as his successor,;; to . uphold.. the : present. state 1 of things,; and ■to give their' moral support to whatever. steps; may be; necessary, to maintain; order in' ; -thei.interior, of the country. Nor , ; does there to. be , any , danger of, anti-foreign on the part, of. , the. , Abyssinians, especially.as the .thr'ee' chiefs,:;-Eas-.Michael, Kas Tesamma, ■ : uni .■' the" Fitaurari i.'Apae Qheorghis,' who'- , have- all. solemnly ,, sworn' to uphold Menelik-s.choice of ■ a'successor;; have ample , forcos.'to control, tho situation and preserve order.-:.j.Everything., points to .the,.succession of Lij Jassu 'to. the throne without any. disturbance^of; the peace. ;: : '•• ! :',:- ;, ;-■.•, ■:■'}■■■■■'■'. ; . ;'; ':.■■■■':',■ ~ ■ ; Degiao Abraha,-tho. chief-whose original sontenco of ;death ■. has , been. commuted 1 fto ono of exile, and who ; thus 'endures • tho same fato as his .cousin ;Has; Mangascia, is, probably thevlast. Tigre claimant to the throne,' for there ;is. : no. other chief of.Tigre who.has ,15,000 rifles at his command, as Abraha : had.. ; ' '';■'.■■';■!:' •'■■ : •\ ; 'j , . : ;;' By. taking measures .to.ensure a peace-, ful; snecessiori on his death,' Menelik has not only, done a great service to his own country;,by preserving/ it from -internal struggles,, but .has; also "■■ done ;to avert possible causes of 'rivalry/ among the '.Powers.■■■;■•■,■■■■:.."; ..:-'- ;1 .::• .-7-,^'