Cairo, June 21.
Further resistance against the Ualians by the Abyssinians was perdicted to-day by a European officer of the Ethiopian army, who escaped from Addis Ababa before the entry. of the Italians and arrived in Cairo this afternoon after a trek of 500 miles via the Suda Hitherto, he declared in an interview, the tribes in western Ethiopia had not rallied to the Emperor, "but now when they see their lands, rich in gold, silver and coffee, threatened by the Italians, the Gallas are pre-Picing to defend their homes of all The Ethiopians in the west, under Dedjesmatch Mariam, the "officer declared, were preparing to resist an Tiallan invasion.
The armies of Ras Imru and Ras Desta, he added, were retreating to the west from the north-east in good order.
Meanwhile the big rains, which the Ethiopians consider will hinder Maun aircraft, have begun, The
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