Assurance of Non-Recognition of Conquest Given Oslo. Dec. 30, King Haakon VII has sent a telegram to ex-Emperor Halle Selassie yesterday in reply to a telegram from the Negus protesting against the action of recognizing the Italian sovereignty over Abyssinia proposed by the Netherlands Government. The reply said, government has not accepted the invitation of the Netherlands Government and at the same time has refused to approach Great Britain and France regarding the question of a recognition of Italian sovereignty over Abyssinia,"—Trans-Ocean.
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