Addis Ababa, Sept, 5.
For having attacked Premier Mussolini and aly, the publisher of the ice of Ethiopia" was the Emperor's command. The Nequs thereupon ordered all sections of the Abyssinian press to refrain from any kind of abuse and al lack on aly and forbade the Dublication of tale reports.—Trans-'Ocean News Service.
Mobilization Delayed Addis Ababa, Sept. 7.
Emperor Halle Selassie is delaying his order for a general mobilization of Ethiopian troops until war is inevitable, it was indicated to-day.
Nevertheless, the tribal chieftains of the country are quietly recruiting their forces, furnishing evidence that the actual mobilization "order will result in an immediate response from 1,250,000 men. The however, are very poorly armed, according to competent observers.—United Press.
Suez Canal Trae Paris, Sept.
Concrete evidence of the vast scale Jot the war preparations in East Africa was furnished by the figures just published here concerning the traffic through the Suez Canal during the month of July, showing that this aggregated 3,775,208 gross tons and 2,097,788 net tons, which figures exe ceed' those of July, 1934, by 361,268 ross tons, and 232;788 net tons, Of war vessels and military transport ships There were no less than 58 times as much as in the previous year, the figures being 3,000 tons for Jul 1934, and 174,000 in July, 1035, most Jot these vessels having Eritrea and Hatin Somaliland as their desti tion. During the same period vessels passing through the Suez a northward direction ted 164,000 tons, being chiefly Jempty military transpottships from the Italian colonies.—Trans-Ocean Eto Min,
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