FLAG HOISTED

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19879, 7 May 1936, Page 7

FLAG HOISTED

ITALIANS 1N CAPITAL. OCCUPATION WILL PLANNED. ...—— POPULATION STANDS 1N SILENJI‘L United Press Alum—Elem Tel: Copyright. ADDXS ABAB.\. .\iay 6. Fifty aeroplanes circled overhead as 25.000 Italians, with colours flying. occupied Addis Ababa. By Signor .\lus—solini‘s orders the 00m lnfnnin~ insimenl, belonging to tile :‘abuudiu fSavoy‘.‘ Division. nnmui after lhc Royal Family, was the iirsl to enter. lilus symbolising the union behwen lhe Royal Family and the Fascist regime. ,

The population stood ln sllencc as the long process'on traversed tho! streets. .\larshal Bnduslio lmmedialcl)‘ proceeded to the Emperor's Palace. where the Itnllnn flag was hoisu‘d and saluted and the ltullan nallonal anthem was played.

The occupation of the city had been carefully planned. The commanders of the Various units knew exactiy where to lead their troops and all th ‘ strategic noinls were quickly occupicd. 0118 section of troops went to tho centre of the city—now mural!)burncd Olll—flllil others went to linUuslums House and the railway sluilon. The artillery occupied the heights dominating the city. . .\larsiml llrulottiiu established i|i~' headquarters at the Italian imitation and within an hour was in wireless connuunicution with Home.

RELIEF OF LIGATION. DRAMATIC AND AMAZING. AMERICA THANKS BRITAIN. United Pres: Mum—file. Tel. Copyright WASHINGTON. .\lay Iv. The Washington correspondent oi the New York Times state-1 that President ltoosevell and Mr (ion-dell llnll. secretary of State. expressed relief at to—day's developments In .\ddis .\haha. 'l‘he L‘nited States Legntlon was evacuated under British protection and later re—uecupied as the italian iroofs at" med in the city and took the situation in hand. The defence of the Legatiun and its relief by the ilritish were Itesrrilled by Mr ttoosmelt as " dramatic and amazIns.” 2dr llull transmitted to London th’: nation‘s ottlelal thanks for the aid extended. Also he sent queries to haunt. whenee he received assuranres that the Italian army of oeeupatlon would protect foreign tires and property. With the apparent safety or the American Minister. Mr C. van Engert. and his slatt. a question arose lnformally to-day regarding diplomatic recognition or whatever regime ital} initiates in Ethiopia. Both .\lr ltoose—roll and .\lr llnll (let-lined In rominen'. merely swing that Mr Engrrt was re—maining indefinitely. pending a clarillention of the situatlnn. The Indications are that the Government will await a determination of policy iiy Britain and other countries .nore'direetly interested before reach—ing a decision. THE BRITISH LIOATION. GOUD “'ORK BY THE STAFF. ‘ PROTECTORS OF EUROPEANS. .\‘o APPEAL TO .\tUSSOLINI. Unheu rrrss Alum—lice. 'l'et. cnm'rllnt (Received May 7. 11.15 a.m-) LONDON. May 6. The Associated Press says that one of the outstanding things or the recent tense days in Addis Abaha was the Sterling: work of Sir S. llnriun. British .\linister, and the British Legation statt', who not only gathered in their own nationals, but wurded oti' inn at—tack on the Belgian Legatlon and suceonred ilu- .\merlrans. indeed. the) were virtually protectors o! the Euro« pean population. Britain has not appealed to Signor Mussolini to sure Europeans. The only overture came from the French.

DEMAND. IV FRANOI. A WARNING T 0 ITALY. LIMITATION OF PRI\'ILEGES. United Press Assn—Flee. Tel. Copyright. LUNDON, May G. The Paris correspondent ut UH: Daily Telegraph an): Hint. allliousii ll 13 generally assumed llial sanctions are «loud [here is cunsliivrullle four that 55“” .\iusa‘ulini will make demands which Franco mnnol ucCl‘llL ii. is declared that there are three polnls on which France will be unyielding. These are:— (1) Thai linly shall in)! possess right anti privili-gos In Abyssinian bemnd muse posswsml by France in .\lul’nL‘L‘O. 3:] That France will stubbornly oppose an ltaliun attempt to raise an army in Ahyssiniu ('Vccoiling an ordin—ary unlruniul police forge. :1 Thai Frame “11l (it‘nmnu that lhe Jilmuli-fuliiix \lmilzi ruliwny slmll ln- st‘t'ul‘cd against ”I 0 cuinpvliliun or ilnliun inulur lz'unli‘. ADMIRATION 111 GERMANY. SIC-Null AII'SSULiXI l‘llAlFl-111, i\\'lilll| lill’l'TlTH THAN LEAHI'H. United l'iu'u ‘usn l-Zh-l "u-l -" I|Vl‘llhl Hl'i'l']\(‘ll \|.i_\ 7. ll .Luil llillll.l."-. .\IJ) .1, Tim Im'mnn [nu-n i~ lninl in ili|illll‘.l~ liuu u: .‘lfllll'l .\lu~~ul:n?. ’l'w- lll'l'lllll‘l' l'.-_'«)hl.lil ~in)~ llml .‘l—‘ll-Il' \lli~~-vi:ni him lll'ill’l.|ll||"i| inn hum n!’ 'lw ~\\n:ul in Mann ..1‘ Ilu: liv‘azuv‘. ’l‘liv Burscn [-‘ilung sd): Hui 55w: It‘smn nr llir ia~i \l\ ulnllll'm l~ llin ; the quick art of vl ~mfil~~ in-lnl hill I.‘ more eflernxe than tin; dclibcmnausl 01 many. 1