"CAMPAIGN OF LIES"
Italian Reply to Abyssinian Story > REPLY TO BRITAIN ROME, March 31. The story that 200 soldiers have been expelled from Abyssinia is ofiicially denied in a communique which , specifically refers to the news published by The Times, London. The, communique states that the story is all false, having been fabricated at Jibuti or in London, and, constituting another element in the cajnpaign of lies against Italy. The Vineroy of Abyssinia, Marshall Grauziani, is not 111. He has recovered from his wounds, and returned to his residential palace long ago. "The Times report referred to stated that owing to their participation in the massacre at Addis Ababa last month, the Viceroy, Marshal Granziani had expelled from Abyssinia over 200 Italians of various ranks in the army and the lahour corps. It was not until 48 hours after the reprisals that Marshall Granziani heard of them, as he had been in the .hands of doctors. H« was still in hospital, having suffered a severed artery behind the knee during the bomb-throwing incident. Further details of the reprisals showed that the Italians' indiseriminate firing killed some of their own eouutrymen.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 64, 2 April 1937, Page 14
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