Djibouti, Dec. 18.
The native population of Djibouti, Arab and Somali alike, staged a demonstration today against -Italian "claims" upon this port, Moslem leaders went as far as to approach the Governor and affirm to him their loyalty to France. France, they said, respects all their rights of freedom, "which are completely disregarded in Ethiopia. Taking precautionary measures the police protected the Italian Consulate and the Fascist House here, but there were no outbreaks against public order.—Havas.
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