'A very brief reference to the Ttalo-Abyssinian dispute was made by M. Guinazu, Chairman of the League Council,' who temporarily assumed the chair at the opening of the meeting of the League Assembly this morning.
The meeting opened promptly at} 1050 am., and after referring to the Malo-AByscinian crisis, M. Guinazu reviewed the work of the League.
Later, Dr. Eduard Benes, the! Czecho-Stovailan Foreign Minister, was decisively appointed chairman, land he was greeted with applause as mounted the rostrum.
Rome, Sept. 5.
Abyssinia is indicted on four counts in the case prepared by the Talian Government for submission to the League of Nations. They are:—1." Abyssinia has refused to delimit the frontier, and has illegally occupied Italian ferriter Daily attacks on Italian diplomatic representatives.
Continual attacks on Italian lives and property in Abyssinia. Similar attacks on Italians in allan Somaliland.
Supporting Italy's claim to good intentions, the memorandum says that Ttaly supplied Abyssinia with 4,000 ifes and 1,000,000 rounds of amunition. The rst batch was sold for In a brief speech he declared: "1! am confident that we shall find new ways for peace to prevail over di culties and emerge triumphantly.
Baron Aloisi, chief Italian delegate, and Sir Samuel Hoare, British For leign Secretary, were among the earl-fest arrivals at the mecting—Reuter.
[Bid for German Friendship Berlin, Sept. 9. 'A new Itilian bid for German friendship is how diplomatic circles regard the unexpectedly early pre~ sentation of credentials by the new Talian Ambassador, Signor Attolice. to Herr Hitler yesterday, the announcement of which was kept secret until late yesterday evening.
41,900,000 ire, and, of this sum the Emperor of Abyssinia still owes Holy £40,000 lire.
The official German attitude is that Germany seeks goods relations with all great Powers and is in no way
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