Emperor Haile Selassi abandoned Addis Ababa for five reasons in the opinion of Mr. James A. Mills, Associated Press staff correspondent who recently left Ethiopia. These Feasons were purely personal, Mr. Mills told to members of the Ameri-jean Women's Club during the course Jot an informal talk on Tuesday, May 5.
First," the Emperor {elt that he might be blamed by his own people for having lost the war and it is quite possible that be might sce nother man placed on the throne, according to #he speaker. second reason is that the Emperor wished to avoid the humiliation of having to abdicate under Ttalian rule.
Thirdly, the Emperor actually feared for his own life at the hands of the Italians. Haile Selassi, the speaker pointed out, had several arrow escapes. He revealed that once when he was with the Emperor in Desst he personally saw how near fo death the ruler came when the Ttallans sent bombing planes without warning. Then, the Emperor, without secking safely seized a machine gun and began defending himself against the planes.
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