and condvering Lion of Judah—tities which for ive years have seemed so ironieal—is back in hig own country. Shortly, he will return in {triumph to his capital, Addis Ababa, which hay fallen to British Imperial Forees, 'Once again Halle Selassie is with his bare-footed warriors, white robed tribesmen and the remnants of the Imperial Guard, which fought and escaped from the conquering' Ilaligns in. 1996; but this time there is a solid backing of British bayonets and Been guns behind him. "A. cycle of history has turned ult circle. "Back In 1017 It was British bayonets which took him as_an exiled youth to the stops of the throne of Ethiopia. Ta 1038 he fled after his armies had displayed tremend-fous courage in the face of modern Italian arms. Today his red war tent is pitched again deep in his own land from which the Fascist invaders are steadily being driven after five year occupation. And s0 justice has been meted out to. Mussolini, who used brutal methods to subdue Abyssinia and to place his own monarch on the. throne of the King of Kings, With Haile Selassie in his moment of triumph are his two sons, the Crown Prince and the Prince of Harar, who as a schoolboy 1936 wept when his father would not take him to Aight the Italians. 'With him, too, are hig faith{ul secretaries, Wolde Georgis, stolid and silent, and Lawrence 'Taczas, slim. and Immaculate. 'The Emperor's triumph is. theirs false, 'The past five years must now scorn 10 the' Emperor a nightmare. They wore sad years. The King of Kings was an impoverished exile, Most of the little money he had went to supporting his followers. Hig. big, old fashioned house at Bath was a drain on his resources and there was often not enough coal to heat it. The erstwhile ruler of 14,000,000 people was reduced to carrying his own shopping bag Ju the streets. His darkest hour was the. Munich period when by the Anglo-Italian agreement Britain recognized the King of Italy as Emperor of Ethiopia. But even then his faith that he would return to Abyssinia never faltered. His heart ached bui he showed no bitterness. The dark hours were spent visiting and studying the best British schools, hospitals and: welfare centres, the like of which lo hope {to build when the fast Italian has been drive from Abyssinia. That time is not far distant. Mahan resistance has been crushed In. Abyssinia and the capital, once again, is his own. And the King of Kings returns to his joyful and free people to work out schemes to modernize hhie ancient state. Britain has restored one country to its right(ul ruler. Abyssinia has been freed from totalitarian aggression.
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