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Menolek died in 1913. His daughter, the Empreas Judith, was by temperament a His heir, the Emperor Lidj Yasu, was by temperament a voluptuary. The Rases (local lords)-cach eupremo
within the. Government of Mencies. "Luropean-staffed schools
pioneering his own domain-greeted the But, unlike his great uncle, he Addis collapse of the strong central looked out into the world and work in which his principal sup- Government with delight. At saw that Abyssinia, was but a porter was Dr. Martin, now the
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He came to England, dined at Buckingham Palaco, went to the Tower in a bowler hat above his Ethiopian robes, lunched with the Archbishop_of Canterbury.
He received from the King the crown of his remote ancos- tor, the Emperor Theodore, which had been seized by Napier after the victory of Magdala in 1868.
He was feted in France, entertained in Italy, welcomed in Egypt. The allont young man-he was thirty-three- proved very popular.
He saw the military might of the Europe: the discipling, equipment, the mochanisation. He saw tanks and airplanes, He saw hospitals, schools, institu- tions. He saw civilisation,
His tour quickened his ambi- tion for his own land. Abys- sinia should possess all these things, too:
As he strove, Ras Tafari was confronted with two difficulties. His countrymen claimed he went. too fast: his European suppor- ters complained he went too slowly.
The war, if it does nothing else, will strengthen the hands of the Emperor against the re- actionary chiefs, who are now convinced of the necessity of
Hongkong Telegraph.Government delighthould shadow kingdom: where men Ethiopian Minister in London. modernisation.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936.
LATE IN THE DAY
Public reaction to the efforts being made at Geneva to secure agreement on the oil embargo question will probably be that it is decidedly late in the day, with Ethiopia almost prostrate be- fore the onrush of Italy's mill- tary machine, to talk of mea- Bures aimed at bringing the ag gressor to a standstill. But if there has been dilly-dallying over this issue, the fault cannot be laid at the door of Britain, who, from the very start of sanc- tions, has favoured the inclusion of oil in the embargo. Mr. Anthony Eden, some few days ago, summarised what must be the attitude of every reasonable man-that oil is a sanction like any other and must be judged
come again: the Emperor in his ate raw meat; where slaves harem, the Queen in her church, dragged out a loathsome exis- and every Ras his own monarch. tence; where the grace of cul ture could not flourish nor the Unhappily for their plans, glory of civilisation shino, Lidj turned from the Christen- dom of his tradition to Islam a faith more to his physical taste.
Islam meant Turkey and the Mnd, Mullah.
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with Turkey and the Mullah, Britain whose interest in Abyssinia is centred in Lake Tana, the head waters of the Blue Nile, looked askance on this budding. alll- ance.
A young man of twenty-five, named Ras Tafari, son of the great chieftain, Ras Makonnen, was given command of the forces to put down Lidi Yasu and set Judith as sole ruler of the land.
His first step was to create- with French capital--a railway. It ran from Jibuti, the port of French Somaliland, to Addis Ababa, his own city. It was opened in 1918,
He sent promising young Abys- sinians abroad to be educated at his own expense. He worked slowly, cautiously, forcing new ideas gradually upon his people.
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He was the first ruler of his land since the Queen of Sheba to pass its frontiers. He went to Aden in 1922.. He came to Europe in 1924.
Along that iron road came. Between those two visits-in not only produce and trade 1923-he achieved what he be and the medium of exchange, lieved to be his greatest stroke. but visions of an Abyssinia He made Abyssinia a member
of the League of Nations. free and great.
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Judith # The Empress wizened little pigmy of a woman.- with a bodyguard of 10,000 and a menagerie of lions-was a re- actionary. For her the old ways wore best. She opposed Innova- tion tooth and nail. Supporting her were all the Rases who re- sented government from Addis Ababa.
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There was a plot to kidnap Ras Tafari. For a month the issue was uncertain. Then, the long-headed sanity of the Regent prevailed, and the rebellion was
crushed.
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Later still Judith's husband Gukna lod a rebellion against the Regent, who, in 1928, had be- King-Negus Nagusti, King of Kinga, was his official. title. Ras Tafari took the field himself and broke the rebellion. Guksa was slain.
Judith was ill with the typhoid Pretenders appeared-ambi- It was not easy to join it., that is always rife in Abyssinia. In 1916 Lidj Yasu was de- tious Ruses resenting the reins Sniffy committees spoke of the The doctors ordered her to eat. by the same criterion, namely, posed. Judith was Empress. of government. Some he put arms traffic. Supercilious groups-Tho-priests absolved her from. whether its imposition will help But she was no ruler and she down with his troops. One he raised their eyebrows and in keeping the fast of Lent. But to stop the war. That is the whole object of the collective knew it. The young leader, challenged to the ordeal of quired loftily if a slave state she would not obey either her
Ras Tafari, was named her battle.
had any place in the concert of physicians or her priests. So system which the very existence
she died. civilisation. Regent.
Ras Tafari answered the Ras Tafuri was in effect the of the League envisages. Had
They fought before lines of ofl sanctions been imposed By a combination of concilia- warriors clad in leopard-skins, second question by two gestures: months ago, the situation in tlon
judiciously Ethiopia to-day would have blended, the Regent recreated crowned with loa-manes. They the publication of an edict de- sole ruler of Abyssinia.
fought with the weapons that creeing that the children of undoubtedly worn an entirely
had served their race for cen- slaves should be born free, and peror. The Duke of Gloucester different aspect. Britain has
turies-swords.
the freeing by proclamation of many of the slaves already in bondage.
all along played the role of a
and force
strong adherent to the League NOTES OF THE DAY
anxious to restore the prestige
of that organisation by the en-END OF AN EMPIRE?
forcement of the world's will on
a declared aggressor. She has
by
to over-
There is something rather touch now been forced, consequent on the procrastination of others, ing in the report that, in the virtually to take the lead. extremity of surrender France is prepared, though most whelming odds, in the midst of a crumbling Empire and with his reluctantly, to come into line, army in flight, the Emperor of and, as a gesture to her, Britain Ethiopia turns to Great Britain in is willing that a last-minute a last appeal to see that justice is effort should be made to secure done. It may shame some of us. a settlement of the dispute, on! Still, it would be a deep-dyed cynic the condition that no undue de-f who saw anything in that cry for Jay is involved., But he would succour but a pleading to a Power be a super-optimist who would whose Integrity and honour shine think that at this juncture, brightly still in Ethioplan eyes, in flushed with successive victories spite of the accusations from those who think Great Britain has not against an ill-equipped foo, Italy kept faith with the Lion of Juda. prepared to listen to any Some of us may feel a pang of terms short of complete capitu- conscience in that the Empire-dia lation by Ethiopia. The Italian not take an carlier and firmer stand attitude all along has been a to defend Ethiopia against aggres determination to push her ad- sion; for, after all, in spite of the deterre to a successful conclu- arguments excusing the Italian sion-to use the words of Mus- campaign in East, Africa, and the Bolini, uttered when the issue analogies which supposedly show was far more in doubt than it that Italy is merely following the is to-day, "Italy will pursue her path Britain took to build herself. aima with Geneva, without an Empire, there was good cause Britain built an Empire we had m Geneva, or against Genova." for British Intervention. When Bluntly, expressed, this means League of Nations; and those who nothing short of defiance of the subscribed to the principles on fifty nations who have agreed which the League was founded ac- that Italy should be opposed in cepted the changed conditions and her African ambitions.. That is forcswore the old, romantic polity. the situation which still për- of expansion by conquest. Italy alats, and it is only shutting and Ethiopia woro follow-members
(Continued on Pajé 7) one's eyes to the facts to think that Italy Is at this moment in
any mood to consider a com- will Once having started on promiso adjustment. Truism the road of sanctions, the ex- though it be, the truth is that tension thereof is a logical pro the Lenguo, has reached the coss. Nations, who hesitate to most critical point in its career.make full use of this eloventh- If fresh pressure is, not brought hour opportunity may well live on Italy at this functure, we to rue the day.There will be may well despair of the utility: a sorry future för humanity, if of the League or of the power the-law-of-might is henceforth of its members to resort their to be permitted free roin.
The 'Pretonder was tall and strong. But Ras Tafari, short, hewed frail, delicate-handed, off his rival's head.
In 1921 Lidi Yasu fell into his hands.
In the 1920's Ras Tafari pro- gressed Rpace. He opened
Then he came to Europe with a train of twenty Rases, and a convoy of wild animals which he scattered as largesse or left by way of visiting cards as he went.
SIDE GLANCES By George Clark
Travel-bo à sadier of fortune.
Kooping you
In 1932 he was crowned Em-
represented Britain.
Ras Tafari toolt the name Haile from the father of Mene- lek; Selassie was the name of the House of Salomon.
The coronation was not with. out humour. Delleato food, fine wines were served to the guests from Europe. Slaughtered bulls and mead gave provonder to the local guests.
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The Emperor wanted-above all things-peace. Peace in which to consolidate his own position. Peace in which to bring to fruition his plans of reform.
He sent to Italy three lions- one for the King, one for Crown Prince Umberto, one for Musso- lini, "in admiration of Fascism."
But the stain of Adowa still. lay over Rome.
Halle Selasale was not afraid.- Was he not a member of the League? Had he not sworn to a Covenant that should protect him and his land? Was not Italy a fellow member, bound by an equal oath?
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The Emperor is something of a scholar. He speaks good French, and, when pressed, fair English. He was born in Harar, and was educated at the Roman Catholic mission school thore and at a more advanced Catholic school at Addis Ababa. He has written a commentary: on the New Testament,
He is married, and happily married, to Mehen; whom he wed in 1912, and who has borne.. him five children whom he loves,
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