Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1936 — Page 2
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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
ETHIOPIA S EMPEROR PRAYS Iff LEAGUE OF NATIONS, FEAH NOW FULL COLLAPSE OF KINGDOM
SHOWXR BOMBS ON ETHIOPIA IN FASCIST RAIDS
(By Foreign Correspondent)
tains, which thus far the Italians
had only skirted.
Thus on entering Dessye Monday morning we were startled to see a long line of soldiers crawling antlike over the mountains. After breakfasting, we were sent to join the Crown Prince’s forces in
ADDIS ABABA, April 24.—The writer returned yesterday afternoon from Dessye, former field headquarters of Emperor Haile Selassie, in the company of Major Arthur Bentinck. former honorary
attache at the British Legation in ! j he ' mountains!
Addis Ababa. Major Bentinck had I _. , ., „ , handed over to Crown Prince As- ' The Ethiopian troops showed no famiWasaen 1 850 »"mMk»mode of demoralization or starv raou Wjwsen J.850 was masKs made Th withdrew in po0( \ or _ by members of the Ethiopian Worn-j der &t the y appi . oa( . h of the Italians. an s association. * Only the fact of their withdrawal TJhe situation on the northern surprised us. Before entering the front is extremely grave. The gov-1 towil we took to sh ei t er for two ernment, like that of Emperor ji 0 urs, w’hile nine bombers flew ovMenelik before the Battle of Adowa, er D egs y e , returning from the di-
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(orty years ago, is praying for intervention—this time how’ever, not by Heaven but by the League of
Nations.
Nevertheless, sufficient Ethio-
rection of Addis Ababa.
We found everyone in Dessye packing his meagre possessions at the Sudan Interior Mission. A Mrs Nystrom and a Swedish nurse and
plan forces remain under command : a Briton named Baird were wonderof the Emperor and Crown Prince j j n g jj 0W esca pe safely before the to menace seriously the communi- 1 nialn body of the kalian advance cations of th© invading Italians ’burst **‘** r ' tnix/»i through Dessye and Makale or j Around the eaves where the
Crown Prince and his secretary were at work, thousands of natives had gathered, clamoring for passes to flee by the southern road. Captain de Norman, the only survivor of the Belgian military mission, begged us to flee and go into hiding immediately. We insisted on his going, as he was too ill to trav-
el by mule.
We sought out the young Crown Prince, who in the evening returned from his mountain cave by j mule, surrounded by an escort armed with Mauser rifles. In the confusion, he appeared tired, and
across the Danakil plain. The Italians will run a grave risk in hasty occupation of Addis Ababa, unless they are able to use the Franco-Ethiopian Railway running from Jibuti, French Somaliland, to this city. This the Ethiopians fear the invaders may be able to do, in view of the Franco-Italian agreement of January. 1935. although it would contravene the rally conces-
sion terms.
Slipped Out of Town by Night Major Bentinck and your correspondent slipped out of Dessye Monday night just after the Ital-
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In celebratoii of its thirty-sixth anuiversary the Phyllis Wheatlev club entertained at tbe home of Mrs. C. T. Tipton on South Beacon street, Thursday afternoon. Attending were Miss Dorothy Wright of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Warren Smith, Mrs. William Z. Thomas, Mrs. Dessie Fowlkes. Mrs. Roy Johnson, Mrs. David Grey, Mrs. Irvin Dunn, Mrs. James Lucas, Mrs. Etta Curl, Mrs. Emma Reed, Mrs. Howard Keith, Mrs. Jerome J. Tarver, Mrs. James Stoveall, Mrs. •I. W. Patterson, Mrs. Andrew St.ockherd, Mrs. H. T. Pierson, Mrs. Ralph E. Pettiford. Mrs. Burden. Mrs. Della Jones, Mrs. William Glenn, Mrs. William Jenkins
and Mrs. Tipton.
The guest meeting was held by the Martha Adams Missionary society of Bethel A. * M. E. church Thursday afternyo in the Y. W. C. A. on East First street. Those on program were Mrs. Knox, Miss Mur riel Walker, Mrs. Nannie Findley, Mrs. Sandy Alexander and
Miss Mildred Jackson. The attend- ^ 'V 1 *? ^I rs - Jane liOng, Mrs. tist church, in charge of Mrs. Ma- , Catherine Powell, Miss Eva Wynn, , , 1J . Miss Alice Findley. Miss M. Jack- de,ine M,ller ’ aro hold,n S a mam r , son, Mrs. Calitha White, Mrs. moth woman’s day meeting at their Harah Brooks, Mrs. Alice E. Kin- church. Sunday afternoon at which & Mrs «-« J <• D. D„ Eliza Goatley, Mrs. C. H. Jackson, pastor of pn ^im Baptist church of Mrs. Julia Baldwin, Mrs. J. A. Chicago, will be the speaker. Dr. Burden, Mrs. Mary Beck. Mrs Austin is rated as one of the most . larit- Bethea, Mrs. \ iola Smith, eloquent Negroes of the country. .Irs. Lina Knox. Mrs. N. Findlay, He has a special message for the ;, rK \ ,, w Mrs ‘ Glt*nna women of Indianapolis and will be •oo( all, Mrs. Ida Murratta. Miss heard with great interest,. His ,il M,-. Mm' n- J 1 ” 0 ® G " th ' congregation, in Chicago, is one Elhei Henry, Mrs. wSl^Jaeksd.n I°F . the la r gest in ,‘ he ““'“•'J'; con - and daughter, .Murrtel; Mrs. (i. r.. S18t, “ s °‘ more lha " 8even lhous -
'flu* ladies of ’the Mt. Zion Bai>-
Darkcning the sky, planes such as these Capronis shown In mass flight over Ethiopia, bombarded the defenseless town of Warrahailu yesterday while the unarmed men, women and children were In the churches.
the Tvedy harassed, bn, dignifled and noised, me unis ouisiue me iuwu. Ezveij' „ reeop-ntrpd \Tainr Hputinrk night at least one Italian plane . H6 . recognized Major B ntinck. flew over the town, without Bring wh0 1 ' a '> k ” own hl "> ■" London He or dropping bombs, presumably to . a ocepted the gas masks and then terrify the populace into submis WfSed ns to return at once to Adsion or flight or to draw a nervous d 8 Ab.tiia if we valued om lives. rifle Are that would satisfy the! As i e .y ade h s slawIy easily convinced aviators that the !the crowtb to his palace town was not undefended. the people cheered him again and The Crown Prince had his head- ! aga ' n - The Pa a ''. e " as a hIi,ae . of quarters In the mountains west of j Iigh > as Preparations were being
Dessye, surrounded by his personal bodyguard. The rest of his forces were preparing mountain positions in the interior, where Asfaou Wassan now occupies a defensive line.
T^he town itself was virtually
abandoned, even by the zabanias, who normally maintain law and order in towns where the Emperor’s writ runs. Ours was the last motor vehicle to leave. We slipped through the deserted toll gate unchallenged, both our movements and those of the Ethiopians being obscured from the Italian fliers by
clouds and thunderstorms.
made for his departure. Before he could get started, however, the first fusillade from the invaders’ rifles rattled over the outskirts of
the town.
Forced to Abandon Wounded Missionaries caring for wounded | at the Seventh Day Adventist hospital were forced to abandon their j charges. Snatching up a few spare garments, they piled into our lorry. Members of a Netherland Red Cross unit, who arrived a few minutes after we did, left at once for Addis Ababa, leaving behind all their equipment and a French
Behind the Galla troops that assistant, as their lorry was alcleared the way for the Italian t ri . , ready packed to oversowing.
umphal entry into the capital of Wollo Province were regulars. A telephone clerk from Gerado. south of W&ldia, had arrived in great haste Monday morning just before our arrival to report Italian cavalry was four hours south of Waldia on Sunday afternoon when he cut his telephone line. The cavalary, he stated was followed by 300 motor lorries with troops and a fleet
of tanks.
Before this well coordinated ad-
At 11 p. m. the lights in the Crown Prince’s palace went out. The firing became more frequent. We loaded our lorry and hurried out of the town, while unseen riflemen blazed away at us from across
a valley.
Carrying with us four missionaries and Captain de Norman, we pushed on without a halt until the sun set over the Danakil borderlands the next evening. Passing struggling government lorries
MILITANT LIBERIAN EDITOR CALLS FOR FULL ARMING OF NATION TO STEM EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
MONROVIA, Liberia, April 24. — While the world powers “watched” with closed eyes, and “listened” with deaf ears to the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, another African nation, according to the Weekly Mirror, of Liberia, is destined to be the next objective
of European imperialism.
“It is too evident”, said the Mirror, “that Liberia is destined to be the next objective of European imperialism, and unless the Liberians refuse to be a nation of orators and cease from idealising and look to machine guns, ——— - ——* ~ “ bullets, gases, and explosives as ! have been promised a free hand the god of the Ark of the Cove- in Afl . Jcan colonial territories of nant and not the Covenant of the , A , League of Nations, they are | sma ^ er Portugal, Beldoomed. because the Republic is gium or even Spain, and this is unarmed and is incapable of offer- possible in view of the artifices of Ing any resistance to organized at- Kuropean diplomacy; if the Unittack from without.” , • . ... „
ed State proposes to see nothing,
Fhe announcement or three re- and sav nothing in case of an in cent disclosures in, international va . sion of Fascist barbarism in
Ethiopia, then it is time Liberians must interpret correctly the handwriting on the wall.” the Mirror
concluded.
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and members. Dr. Austin is a per-
The Pour I,eiif Clover el el, will ^"‘‘zio^church"^'.]’'’^!'!!' be ac Monday* night.^ Johnson com p ailied to tbe c j ty by Mrs Aus . Mrs. George Moore entertained t' n / an( l theii chaiming daughter, in celebration of the seventy-ninth ^lio will Ik- domiciled at the home birthday anniversarv of her lius- pastor. Rev. Marshall A. band at their home on East Wil- Talley. Great interest is centered lard street. Wednesday night. At- in the special woman’s day meettending were Mrs. Samuel Hunt. in S Sunday afternoon and the lathe Reverend and Mrs. Oscar San:- die s from the various organizaders. Mr. and Mrs. Armster Barnes, tions and churches of the city have
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Clark. Mr. and been invited to be present.
Mrs. Warner Bell, Mr. and Mrs. r>r. Austin will speak at the
William Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. morning worship.
Anion Roach. Mrs. Nannie Pen.:- At the evening worship, an all baker, Lutidie Sawyers, Edward star musical program will be conAlexander. Mrs. James Wilson, ducted in the main auditorium of Mrs. Mary Ester Pierson. Mrs. t be church, arranged by Mrs. ViLtuy Grahein. Mrs. H. laylor Pier , 0 a Wilson, a prominent musicson. Mrs. Huldah Moore. Mrs. Cal a i leader of this community. The lie 1 ruett. Mrs. Bulb Pierson. A. p ub ij c j H cordially invited. At the B. Thomas and Mr. and Mis. c i ose 0 f the musical event, the ‘ coronation ceremonies for the In olrservai.ee of the_’Know \uur wimier of the .* Miss Mt . Zion ”
i City” campaign, 0 a trip to the Kuhner Packing company was held
vances of modern military power, alon S the road we reached Addis the Crown Prince had no course : Ababa in four days setting someopen but to retreat into the ;poun- ' thin ^ of a record for the tr,p ,n
j iriclement weather.
Later we learned that the Gallas.
(Federated Pictnres) The puff of white smoke In the background is an exploding shell >n the battlefield at Enderta, Ethiopia, as the forces of Haile Selassie mught to repel the “civilizing” missionaries of Mussolini’s armies. Almost 150,000 men took part in the battle.
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j diplomacy has caused alarm in the minds of Africans who see in Liberia and Ethiopia the hope of Af-
rican nationalism.
The first disclosure is that Hitler is secretly preparing to Innnchcd a drive in order to regain former German colonies as soon as the Italo-Ethiopian war is
over.
The second disclosure is the report in diplomatic circles at Geiiievn that the Germans have been promised by one of the great Colonial Powers that this invasion of Portuguese colonies in Africa will
not be opposed.
j The third disclosure is tbe admission by the United States that
contest will take place. Mrs. Lula J. Duiin-Hall of the People’s Bu-
Jessye Studio of Negro Music And Dramatic Art Opens May First
Thursday morning I,.v the adult ed- compa wlll present the tro^
ucation class of the Willard St. ,
Y. M. C. A. Those attending were p
Mrs. Frances Redd, Mrs. Lillian
Gholsten, Miss Alice J. Findley, was served to Mrs. Bessie GholMrs. Lenna Harreld. Mrs. Mattie stmi, Mrs. Ruth Brawley. Mrs. LuParnell, Mrs. Mary Weatherford, cile Lyttle, Miss Ruth Tony. Mrs. Mrs. lainra W’oods. Mrs. Mary Holt. Clarence Johnson, Mrs. William Mrs. Henrietta Ransome and the Curie. Mrs. Mary Stanley. Mrs. Sainstructor. Mrs. Margaret Curie. die Fly. Mrs. Martha Hamilton. Mrs. Mattie Wilkerson enter- Mrs. Lillian Gholston and Mrs. tained at her home on East Hines Wilkerson. The league will meet St., Wednesday night for the Wo- Tuesday night with Mrs. Brawley helo League. Games - were played on South Ebright street, and prizes awarded. Luncheon j Rev. W. C. Irvin, pastor of Shaf-
fer Chapel A. M. E. church, choir and inemlM is worshipped in Anderson with Rev. Perry Sunday aft-
ernoon.
Tlie Girl Reserves of the Phvllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. held their Annual Recognition service Sunday at A I’. M. at Shaffer Chapel A. M.
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guided and shepherded by Ital- to train soldiers and police, were tween the present report and the in case Liberia is invaded by Gerian planes, had entered Dessye reported reliably today to have re- approach of the northern Italian many (as suggested by General only seven hours after our depart- signed again- jariny to the capital is not speci- Hertzog last year) the United ure. followed on Wednesday by The relations between the Bel- lied, hut the Belgians are known States will not interfere because .
Italian regular troops. j gians and the government have have had disciplinary troubles the landing of marines on Liberian j ions, of New oi * 1 > •
been strained olfon in the past, iu the oast. ; soil to defend that Republic against ! ,0 ,0,lnd such an institution an
It is understood that the govern- an aggressor is to repeat the er- I ‘bis she has decided to do. Te ment may not permit the Belgians rors committed in Haiti and Nica-! school of N«gi() Music and - lo depart because of a - dispute ragua, ,matm P^Per,Jie'nK ^ated m over the fulfillment of contracts. I ‘ “These disclosures areas start- | Sumter, South Carolina. < ^
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MILITARY MISSION RESIGNS , hey „„„ ^ ADDIS ABABA, April 24—The j nations in a body at least once members of the Belgian military ' Previously since the outbreak of
mission, employed for the last five the war.
years by Emperor Haile Selassie 1 What relation there may lie be
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Tt is known that some of the instructors are dependent upon Hie government for transportation. As this fresh internal dispute d,.. veloped, the government look slops for the protection of Americans and other foreigners still hero. There arc still liS United States cfifzens in Ethiopia, and fifty-eight of them live in Addis
Aba'ba. To •Those in
lias been offered the protection the bombp oof shelters of the British legation, sinee the United States legation h undefended. Ethiopian officials assigned special guards to watch over the foreign legal ions and assured the
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Tlie funeral of Mrs. Bell Btiab. who died Tuesday morning at tbe home of her daughter, was held from the First Baptist church, Thursday afternoon. Rev. Barney Stone officiated assisted by Revs.
Davis and Warfield.
Mrs. Pansy Bailey, ofjPeonie, 111.. Mrs. Malinda Mickens, and Miss Ivy Tyler of Indianapolis attended tbe funeral of Mrs. Bell
Bush.
Rev. II. C. Jones, pastor of the
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t>i cc.iutimiai \ | Jessye shall divide it i iiint . | attended quarterly meeting here measure was taken because many sonally netween tbe two "eP art ‘: o nnf ]o V Rpv c 1 H nivta will
nr the Em*™-* soldiers from the monts. prTh at St John A M.TchuTch ila] , north who come from the remote j Concert tours instituted last in IndianapoliS) Sunday . Musk; was rote* t ion of » rov,,u *f 1 do not distinguish be- year are to be a feature of the in- furnished by tbo senior choir .
tween Italians and other whites. | stitution, and are to have as then , j ame s Winslow visited his
object the presentation of the lat-, j n i nd i anapo ij Si Monday.
e.st advancement m Negro music.
The blanket order actually prohibits any one from entering the capital without special permission. Despite the promises of Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy not to
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not fear for protection.
Soldiers Barred From Capital Ethiopian soldiers, retreating from the north, are prohibited from entering the capital area in »an order issued by the governor of Addis Ababa, which aims especially at protecting the several thousand white residents still living in
life area.
No ret real ing troops have as yet readied the vicinity of Addis
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within tbe district capital, high government officials are convinced the bombardment of the city now is only a question of time. These officials accuse the Italians of seeking an “act of war” as an excuse by continually sending military planes over tbe capital. Gas masks have already been distributed to policemen, whose
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The Jessye Studios of Negro Musk* and Dramatic Art opens May first and The Founders’ Shield, with space for five hundred names, is to be inscribed April 15. 1936. The Shield is to be hung in tbe recital hall of the Sumter Studio and will remain forever as a testimonial to those whose confidence and pride of
duties have been increased to pre- j race helped mak^ the intsitution
vent any one from firing .upon the I possible.
planes. No preparations have as The great Eva Jessye Choir apyet been made for the removal of peared in Indianapolis last year at government records from Addis j the Walker Theatre. Ababa. j —
A government spokesman de- i scribed as “purely imaginary” reports that Crown Prince Asfaou | Wassen might become the “puppet
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( ROMON.i, KY. Mt. Zion Baptist church held its regular meeting, Sunday, preaching was by the pastor. Rev. R. A. Beal. Rev. Beal. Rev. R. A. Beal was called to Hazard, Ky., to attend a funeral. Mrs. Lucille Garrett and M. L. Johnson was visiting in Jenkins. Ky,. Sunday. Miss Ruthie Mae Woods. Mrs. Bessie Harris and daughters, Mamie, Eula and Juanita: W. M. Johnson and S. L. Garrett visited in Fleming. Sunday. M. ,L. JoJmsoiiv .reporter.
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Mrs. Martha Johnson of Mexicao, Mo., is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scott. Mrs. Jphnson is Mr. Scott’s mother Mrs. Luther Whiteside, James Dickerson, and
Emperor” under Italian domina-
tion.
The Ethiopian Women’s association cabled an appeal to London, questioning the prospect of defending Addis Ababa against the Ital-
ions t
“Actually,” the appeal said, “we Stanley and Howard Morgan modefend our country’s cause, (but tored to Cass, Mich., to spend the still are able and determined to de- week-end. Mrs. Roy Scott was hostfend the situation today involves I ess to the Entre Nous club. Thursthe possibility that we may prove day. A contest was held, prizes gounahte to defend our capital.” ing to Mrs. Stella Garnett, Mrs. The appeal accused the Italians David Whitted. Guests were Mrs. of broadcasting confusing rumors Mary Grant, Mrs. Carrie Thomas, “in aJ'der to give the irapression and Mr?. Coleman Jackson. A
that the Ethiopians are unable to
continue fighting
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