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The
Arms For Abyssinian
HOW the Abyssinians
лге
obtaining their arms and ammunition now? The question is of interest because the Abyя- sinians' new armaments strength has much to do with the present position of the Italians in their country.
Abyssinia is a loosely-knit con-. federation of tribes whose con- tributions to the State army in time of war take the form of levies. It is analogous to the English militia system of the Middle Ages, when counties and areas raised armed forces with which campaigns were fought.
IN the case of the Abyssinians.
this feudal system hån meant the guarantee of numbers as distinct from armed men. In a levy muster from non- metropolitan provinces the arms carried would be primitive- sword, spear, and a few rifles. The Ras or district chief, being a law unto himself, could buy arms if he had the money, but otherwise for a national mobili- sation the local barons look lo the Stale for arms.
Italy they were Against promised rifles and ammunition. The embargo prevented this plun being fully prepared, and it was a strain on baronial loyalty to enter the field with but few modern rifles. I was at this point that the Italians jumped off quickly.
Hongkong Telegraph. raised by
TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 1936.
BRITAIN'S NEED OF RE-ARMAMENT
In the course of the General
Warriors
pection campaign at Home, NOTES OF THE DAY Massowa in a destroyer to frame
opponents of the Government were not above suggesting that
if the Baldwin Administration MUSICAL SNOBBERY were returned, there would be a
three years ago, is in the headlines
a signed
Aluge names and
•
.
telegraph line to Gallabat, on the left flank of Ras Kassa's and Ras Sayum's forces.
The route is in regular trade with the Sudan and with dhows running Imports across the Red Sea from Arabia. From the rail at Gedaref to Gallabat în six hours by motor convoy.
IF
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the Italian advance neces silated a more southerly route, the point of entry could be shifted to the Blue Nile at Bambode (below Roscires), where the caravan -route con- nects with the Sudan rail at Sennar. Here the distance is 200 miles of main post road and track, but with part of the Blue Nile navigable. This roule is thus still based on the sca Port Sudan.
at
· Finally, if the AbyssinianS were driven farther south, there remains the more lengthy route from railhead at Kosti to Kur- muk, or proceeding by the White Nile and Sobat river and cross- ing the frontier near Machar to the fortified post of Gambela on the Baro river.
These routes are on the main post and telegraph road as far as El Galhak, then part road and 'track.. The White Nile reaches
maximum flood at the end of October and the Sobat in the middle of November.
Thus the sen base at Port Sudan could feed the caravan routes from three rail heads to supply the northern and south- ern armies,
The Very Idea!
JOKES & JOTTINGS
Somebody who does things in a big
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HOW RIGHTEOUS Sunday School Teacher-"Now,
Thomas-"Please, miss, it means
JANTA
Permits for importation are, controlled by the NOW, however, the embargo on
export of arms from League For Abyssinis, however, there large numbers within 10 days of however, countries to Abyssinia has been remains the question, can she Jilfuli. So the railway becomes Minister of the Interior and the League, and keep her forces armed? I think, the great strategical prize, to Sudan Agent in Cairo and by the Port Commissioner at Port big cargoes of arms and ammuni- she can, seeing that their hold or to capture,
Sudan. An export licence from tion ге
the country of origin is a first being shipped to regulars have already slowed Abyssinin, and the native tribes- down the Italian advance with man, mobilised in the hope of a the equivalent of a machine-gun NEXT in Importance is Ber- essential, so that our Govern- hern, the British Somaliland ment would first have to approve modern quick-firing rifle, are corps. The dificulties of the seeing that hope realised. country were underestimated by port. It has no inland railway, such trading.
but the distance to the frontier the Italians, and the Chief of the is only 100 miles of arterial road General Staff was hurried to via Sik, Haleva and Hargeisa, by camel or motor. Over the out à plan with General de Bono frontier are Jjign and Harar to achieve results before man- and General Nasibu's ILQ. of
mobilisation becomes power
the Southern Army, farmed power mobilisation.
A few miles beyond is 'Dire regular orgy of re-armament, The San Carlos Grand Opera
dawa and the railway again, Company which, it will be recalled,
tracks much of it needless. But the played at Kowloon theatre about THE quickest supply route is with good
approach still the open sea, and Italian through critica who sought to fasten on
the Harar Hills. way stole à 21,000 lb. sicum locomotive
from
a warehouse in Jernoy City this subject were either wilfully in Californin, not because of its naval power is not likely to be General Nasibu has good native recently.
The culprit used nu clevator derrick blind to the realities of the situatistic merit, but because a squab-employed in stopping "sanctions transport to meet the Somali
It to holat the locomotive to a trailer tion or were prepared to make ble has developed regarding the
which took it away. The missing of the narrow use of any stick with which to salaries of the artistes. The latest ships" for that would be waging convoys at the frontier.
war on the Powers concerned, would not be difficult to import locomotive was one
work. belabour the Government. It is development has been obvious, from_a_moment's letter from members of the cast,who could then close the Red Sea 500,000 rifles, guns, and am-gauge type used in construction
Lieutenant Beggant, of Jersey City, thought on the subject, that had indignantly refuting newspaper-as- and cut the life line of the army munition in eight weeks if ships
sertions that any of them have in East Africa. There can be no were to start loading now and who is conducting the investigation, a Labour Government been re-
ways had been checked, but no one trilled
or warbled for less than search without a declaration of Abyssinian cash or credit were said the ferries, tunnels, and high- turned to power, one of its chiof
U.S.$200 a week, some of them war.
available in the various shipment saw the locomotive leave the city duties, from which there could apparently believing their honour The port of Djibouti in French.capitals. be no escape, would be to place was at stake. This, we suppose, ia Somaliland is the chief route If the Italians occupied easterni | the nation's defences in a much one form of musical snobbery. less precarious position. Failure Another form has just angered Sir available, as a railway runs from Abyssinia and cut across these to do that would mean a grave Landon Itonald at Home, the snob.the quay to Addis Ababa and sea routes of supply the Abyssi-Thomas, what do you understand by breach of trust, for the simple bery of British musical audiences has French military guards on nians would have their backs toering for righteousness sako’7" reason that the British Isles which worship foreign names so its 400 miles. The Italians are the west and would need supplies havin' to come to Sunday School," would be left in a state of weak-much that native artists have some not operating near the railway from that desert direction.
adopt times to
interpose large forces
But there would still be a sea- Muminy was listening to little ness which might easily make it sufficiently exotic to help them along against any thrust to cut it. port open to them-Port Sudan, Dennis saying his prayers, while a prey to acquisitive nations. the path of success. It is a strange There are many weeks ahead the sea link of Khartum. A granay sat knitting. Again and again during the and persistent evidence of national
Towards the end of his prayers election campaign, the Govern- inferiority complex. Patrons of for free transit on the line and railway runs from this port
are ready for through Sinkat, Hniya, Derudebummy was surprised to hear her little son raise his voice and positively ment spokesmen gave emphatic music cling to the absurd notion stores of arms
Arabia, Japan, and Kassala to Gedaref. The roar, "And please can I have a motor assurances that no more would that there cannot be a superlative shipment in be spent on armaments than was performance with voice or instru-America and Europe. Mausers, latter is one hundred miles from ear for my birthday absolutely
They ment unless the owner thereof Springfields, Lebels, Krags and the Abyssinian border by a would be unworthy of office if comes from beyond the seas. Sir other patterns are available in caravan route which follows the isn't deaf." they did less. The only possible Landon Ronald considers this fetish accusation which can be made the 'more absurd now that we have As many great artists as are to be against the Government in this found abroad. Moreover, it is in- artists matter is that it set too good an conceivable that foreign example to other nations, and, would change their names in order hoping for a reduction of arms to achieve success in their native by agreement, allowed the coun- countries. They have too much try's defences to get heavily in self-respect, and their publies are arrears, with the result that too, intellirent. The worshiper foreign names for their shoor some time must now clapse be- "Forelguness" (which may be quite fore the deficiencies can be made artificial) is no credit either to the good. Unfortunately, the ex-discrimination or the appreciation ample was not followed, and by of the people who support operatic this time almost everybody is and musical performances in disillusioned on the immediate Britain. It tends to give plausi- prospects of armament reducity to the comment often made many of these by cynics that tion. Chief blame for the pre-audiences are more interested in sent state of affairs, however, social occasions and in seeing or cannot be attributed to the
being seen than in the arts which British Government, for if its depend on them for support. The example, had been followed and prejudice against honest British if its advocacy at Geneva had re-names is rightly described by Sir. ceived sufficient backing, there Landon Ronald as ridiculous and would have been no armamento absurd. Stated baldly, it amounts crisis to-day. The electorate to this: the more unpronounceable clearly showed by the result of an artist's name, the greater his the election that it appreciated or her virtuosity. But even the Germans, a great musical nation, the situation at its real worth.
con commit an absurdity beside The Opposition was really in a which the above seems trivial, cleft stick on this issue, for its The music of "A Midsummer spokesman dared not declare
(Continued on Page, 5.) that, if elected, they would be prepared to let the national de- fences fall into further decline. reassuring to feel that we have Only the blindest of ultra-again in power an Administra pacifists would endorse any such tion which is alive to the reall policy. None the less, there was ties of the situation and, more- a danger, in case the Govern-over, one which may be expected ment were defeated, of the pre- to profit from its fruitless enden. sent deficiencies not being made yours to get others to under- good, and for this reason it is take serious disarmament.
necessary.
"Now, don't start that 'futility of it all talk again to-day.
"But, darling," sho protested, “God.
"No," replied the little chap serene- ly, "but granny is,"
-- FANLING CAD
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Nurao (to anxious Fanling father) "Everything's all right. It's bay."
Father-Thank heavens. A decent [caddie nt last,"
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:
HIS PANTS WORE OUT "Dear Ivarher, the next time our Willie ta a la lad,” ran a latter to a school-mistress, "smack him on the face, because he wears la trousers auf soon enough without your help.”
CIRCUS
Most fathers of small boyn are sceretly flattered when their sons show their implicit faith in them by bringing shattered toys to be monded or mental problems, to be solved. Daddy, In short, can do everything, but this chillah trust brings awkwardl moments.
One occurred during a Harmaton circus performance last week. The con- tortionist was twisting himself into weird shapes, and just an ho had suc- ceeded in tickling his right ear with his left foot, four-year-old asked in a loud volco-"Daddy, could you do that?"
And Daddy, inclining to the stoutish forties, Lore the suppressed titter around hint in silence.
HOWLERS
Another selection of "howlers" recently culled. from scholars' exercise books:
Cubists are natives of Cuba.
A graduate lo a hump that
dificult to get over.
L
down.
d. Is short for learners slow
A moot point is where Rover Scouts
hold their meetings,
W.S. in an abbreviation algnifyin; Waller Scott.