Rome, Feb. 20.
An attempt to assassinate Marshal Rodolofo Graziani, Viceroy of Ethiopia, and other high officials has been made in Addis Ababa.
Marshal Graziani was lucky enough to escape with only stight injuries, but General Aurelio Hotta, who is allached to his staff, was seriously injuried.
Details of the outrage are given an. a communique published in Rome Marshal Graziani, it states, was engaged in distributing presents to the poor in. churches "and. mosques when a number of disaffected Abyssinians mingled with the crowd and threw hand bombs.
Besides the Injuries to the Viceroy. and General Hotta, a number of Abyssinians among' the spectators were also injured.
The bombs used by the would-be assassins were home-made, and this undoubtedly accounted for the fact that no more serious damage was done.
The affair is treated as a compara tively insignificant matter in the midday newspapers and a censorship 1s being applied to press telegrams on the subject, It is believed, however, that there was a big round-up in Addis Ababa after the outrage, and that more rigorous measures are now being appiled to ensure the safely of Italian, officials, 'Marshal (then General) Graziam @irected operations on the southern front during the conquest of Abyssila. He is Taly's second Viceroy' In Ethiopia, the "first having been Marshal Badoglio now Duke of Addis Ababa who carried the conquest {0 successful conclusion Reuter,
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