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THE STATE DEPARTMENT
i trying to hush it up, but Em-
ocror Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
has sent a strong ot "
TJiifed _$fatles ' o v e-r nmi Ti f
1r refusing o iiatefhi-
npian terrs ory.
Te ulfl white-robed figure
the little Emperor, whose
leading speeches before the
League of Nations against Mus
o li n i 's aggression in 1935
brought world public opinion to
his support, now :an no longer
appeal to the League, which is
lead, so he has written to the
United States.
Last month, he also attempted
tro communicate with this col-
unnist but, either because of
Rritish censorship or the State
Department, the communication
w as stopped. N o w, however,
through other channels, this
Writer Ihas ascertained that the
British are not only occupying
parts of two Ethiopian provinces,
Ogaden and Harar, but appar-
Pntly intend to keep them.
Three years ago, when the
J alian armies finally were
pushed out of Ethiopia, "Haile
lassiei, the Conquering Lion of
'e Tribe of Judah, Elect of the
I ord, King of Kings of Ethiopia"
was restored to his throne with
considerable pomp and circum-
stance.
Newspapers all over the world,
especially in London, made quite
a fuss over the restoration. There
was much rejoicing. The first
seeds of war had sprouted when
Mussolini romped. roughshod
over. the peace machinery of the
League and sent his heavy artil-
lery against the rhinoceros-hide
shields, the curved scimitars and
the breech-loading rifles of His
Majesty's army. Therefore Lon-
don newspapers editorialized
that the first wrong of the war
had been righted.
British Refuse to Leave
UNDER THE AGREEMENT
by which the British restored the
Emperor, the British could oc-
cupy Ethiopia for two years. Last
March, that agreement was ex-
tended for another year, at the
urgent demand of the British,
though the Italians and Germans
long had been gone from Africa.
Last month, however, the Em
peror, still under the illusion
it this war was being fought to
e the world, asked the Britisif they would leave his territory
by the end of the year. In repl,
the British Government informed
His Majesty that the natives e
the rich Ogaden and Harar pro,
inces did not want him as Er
peror any more but desired t,
-pay allegiance to a mope c F
ful monarch, King Ger
England.
Discouraged, but nev
dering, the Lion of Judai press,
the point. He was told that th,-
British had no intention of lea%
ing. Parts of Harar and Ogade
provinces, it became clear, wer
to be annexed by nearby Britis
Somaliland.
At this point, the Emperor
greatly disillusioned, addresses
his appeal to the State Depar
meant. Distressed State Depart
ment officials have been sitting
on the lid, trying to keep the ma
ter quiet, though making polite
representations to the Britis
Foreign Office that it should rr
spect the rights of little nation
NOTE-There are only two ir
dependent countries in Africa-
both, incidentally, Christian. I
beria, founded by America
slaves, is under American prc
tection. Ethiopia, now under
British protection, has appear
to the United States several i
in the past.
When the British wanted,
build a dam on Lake Tana to
trol the headwaters of the Bk:
Nile, the Ethiopians countered
by arranging a deal with the J. G
White Corporation of New Yort
figuring they would build th
dam without any political string
attached. The British hit the cei
ing. But Henry L. Stimson, there
Secretary of State, stood behhT
the Ethiopian-American contrast
sent various U. S. experts t
Addis Ababa to advise and assiL
the Emperor. Haile Selassi
showed his appreciation by send
ing his personal Bibh a fry
ent to the Nationall iredtrrL'
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Pearson, Drew. [Clipping: Ethiopia's Plea for Liberation], clipping, November 23, 1944; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1479764/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Mike Cochran.