The Archive · 1935

Cairo, Dee. 16

Demonstrations continue here, A. Tage number of students to-day assembled before the British Res! €eney shouting for "independence.

The British Residency to-day requested the Prime Minister, Nissim Pasha, to take measures to protect Europeans generally following an incident in which a British military Gespatet: rider was molested by a mob Meanwhile, all British troops are confined to barracks.

'The students' executive this after~ noon called off all demonstrations in response to an appeal by the Watd leader, Nahas Pasha, but hitherto their orders' have been ignored.

"The Public Security authorities have decided to take energetic action against mobs unless all demonstrations sect 29 re "eric. ERA" ris, Dec. 11.

"It there is any question of handling over territory to Italy, we shall fight on till there is no Abyssinian left alive, rather than' yield of our Jour own free will to the aggressor.'

This declaration was made to-da; Wolde Maryam, who has succeeded Gen. Teckle Hawarlate as Ethiopian Minister to France, during the course of an interview with /Reuter concerning the Anglo-French peace proposals—Reuter.

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