The Archive · 1935

Abyssinia Prepared

'Addis Ababa, Feb. 11. Mountain fastnesses. bristled with to-day as Africa's inland em-prepared to racer' with bullets In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the Council, declared that the Government had not yet considered the question of a General Election. There was much work to be done and he hoped the House would got fon with it. (Ministerial cheers), Mr. Baldwin previously announced that the Government was allocating. 30 days for the Committee Stage of the Government India Bil.

The announcement of this pro gramme, he said, would probably be taken by the "stunt press" as an indication of a General Blection by Between 0,000 and 80,000 troops, equipped with modern war materials and machine guns, are reported Yeady to meet the Italian troops and when they are sent to put a stop. to the marauding bands which have: recently killed a_number of native troops in Talian Somaliland.—United Press

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