IN ADDIS ABABA

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19890, 20 May 1936, Page 7

IN ADDIS ABABA

FOREIGNERS TO REGISTER. LIABLE TO EXPULBION. ABYSSINIAN YOUTHS ENROLLED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, May 18. The Rome correspondent of the Times states that foreign residents in Addis Ababa have been ordered to present themselves to the Italian authorities for registration, otherwise they will be liable to expulsion. Another message from Rome states that although the Italians are not recruiting adult Abyssinians yet they have already started to enrol Abyssinian youths in a newly-founded organisation named “The Abyssinia of the Lictor.” The uniform of the members of this organisation consists of a white cap. a khaki shirt, shorts and a green neckscarf. The training includes military instruction. A message from Addis Ababa states that the Italians are undermining the rights of the foreign Legations by entering their grounds in search ol’ foreign residents. They ordered the Sikhs who were guarding the British Legation to give the Fascist salute, but the Sikhs refused. A high Italian officer is reported to have told British subjects: “We shall soon be ruling you in India us well.” BECOMING SELF-SUFFICIENT. CAMPAIGN IN ITALY. AN INEXHAUSTIBLE WAR SPIRIT. United Tress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 20, 11.0 a.m.) ROME, May 19. Besides the intensification of the self-sufficiency campaign, to exclude the products of sanctlontst nations, the National Director of Fascists has issued a decree that all physically tit men between the ages of 21 and 55 must be members of the militia, in order to “ confirm the inexhaustible war spirit of the Black Shirts.” He has also opened a public fund with a donation of £83,000 to build a monument to commemorate Hie creation of the Fascist Empire. A BRITON ARRESTED. DIPLOMATIC BAG MISSING. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 19. A message from Jibouti, French Somaliland, says the Italians at Diredawa arrested Warrant-Officer Bonner, attached lo the British ambulance unit in Abyssinia, while he was on the way to Aden for treatment for rabies. It is feared that the consequent delay will endanger his chances of recovery. A British diplomatic bag addressed to the British Consul, Mr Lowe, at Jibouli disappeared between Addis Ababa and Jibouti. The Consul had been warned by telegram to meet the train and take charge of the hag, but it was not forthcoming when the train arrived and has not been seen since.