500,000 TROOPS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19894, 25 May 1936, Page 5

500,000 TROOPS

I A bURPRISE ORDER. ! I i MAINTAINED IN ”VIOIIIL | l __ i DEVELOPMENT OF OCCUPATION. United P‘eu Assn.-»Eiec. Tat Copyrlght. (Received May 25, 12.30 pm.) I ROME, May it. The Deputy-Viceroy, .\larshal Uralliani. has surprised Italians living at lhome, \\'ho expected the early demobilisation of soldiers who are not. {actually settled on the land In Abysisinla, by declaring that 300,000 ,iroops in East Africa will be maintain»ed at their present establishment. Ithus damping the dreams or speed)‘ liamliy re-unlons. Marshal Grazlani has issued a mani- | taste to the authorities at .\ddis Ababa ‘announclng that the territorial occu:patlon ot Abyssinia will be methodical{ly developed. l Home leave ls lhnited to temporary furlough, to enable troops to marry and take their wives back. It is believed that military colonies lwlll be rounded. .\iany unemployed Irural workers in the distressed areas 501' Italy seek free passages to Abys—lslnia with their tamilies.'but much ipreparatory work is necessary. " | l EMPEROR FOR ENGLAND. >ACCOMPANI’ED BY CROWN PRINCE l _ l PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS. [t'nlted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel Copyright. { LONDON. May 23. t A message from liaii’a. Palestine. | states that Emperor Ilaill Selassie. with i the Empress and their family. before 1 their departure from Jerusalem. visited ,‘the Ilhurch oi“ the Holy Sepulchre, 'clinllned Calvary and prayed for the . success of the Emperor's mission. I The Emperor left for England. ac—,vompnnicd by the Crown Prince and ' l’rlnccss 'l‘anhai. also by has Kassa. ion the cruiser Capetown. 'l‘lie rruiscr i will carry the party to Gibraltar. .\vhere it will tranship to the liner , Corfu. l The Emperor will stay in London at l his own house at Prince's Gate, near ‘ Hyde Park. .\'o details are available as to the duration of Selassie's residence in Eng—- : land or as to the time of arrival. The .Bmperor's party will comprise eight I persons. I . l at anon anus l l —‘ i FRANCO-ITALIAN FRIENDSHIP ORDER BROUGHT TO ABYSSISLA. L‘nited Pres.- hum—Elem Tel. Com—rum. LONDON. May 23. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports that message! from .\ddis Ababa describe a reception and ‘tllnner given by the stat! of the French {Legation in honour of italian omeoro. l M. Bodard. the French Minister. after ordering the Legation band to play the Fascist. hymn and "The Marseilhdae.“ made a speech in which he expressed sympathy with the King of July, Signor Mus-cunt and the Italian ‘Army. . l The Minister and me mum had throught order and civilisation to Abn‘slnta and would bring prosperity to its ‘peoples. . The Italian guests, who included Dr. ;Bottai. president of the National Fu‘clst Institute, were given a lengthy ‘m'atlon. Rome already is claiming that .\i. Bodard thus virtually recognised the annexation of Abyssinla, but this is strongly denied in French oi'ncial ‘rtrrles,