The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 17, 1935, Image 1
i :
^ I
/: .
' • I.- • #
1- .
, Y* ‘ ^ .
-
\
• ft
/
;i - •
/
' f.
^ ■/ // ‘"
■'f' -'t .■ ■
\ •
1
: ■..■.Vi-"-;
# ■
/ ' 7
THE CHRONICPB
StriTcs Be e'CkeB Newe-
^p«r» CoMpIcte. Newer,
r .
f 1 • • ^ -w 1
; ./
/ .•
/
If Tm De«*t BenA
/ THE CHftbNlCLB
Toe Des't M
The Newe.
VOLUME XXXV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1936
NUMBER 42
BOMBS DROP
ON ETHIOPIA
CLINTON FOLKS
YOU KNOW
italian Legions Advance On Two
Fronts. Report 10,000 Ethi
opians Killed. Paris Awaiting
Mussolini’s Terms For Armis
tice As English Fleet Maneu-
In Mediterranean.
Wre<^ Fatal To
P. C. Graduate
Loi^on, Oct. 15.—Italy’s Fascist le
gions advanced on both Ethiopian
fronts under the covef of aerial bom-!
bardments or scouting flights today |
and the Lei«ue of Nations moved to-i
ward economic sanctions to choice off
the African warfare.
A tense siti^ion on two continents
saw a huge British fleet hold maneu
vers off the shores off Alexandria,
near the., mouth of the Sues canal.
Italian airplanes, commanded by
Count Galearzo'Ciitno, son-in-law of
Premier Mussolini, bombed Ethiopian
troop detachments at the key city of
Makale, on the'northern front, while
‘ the left'wing of the Italian army ad
vanced from the north, press dispatch
es said.
The fascist fliers were reported to - . ^ ^ u* u
tav. de.troy«l .i, imimunition gre.tet part of hi. bu»ine..
Jimmy Seagle Instantly Killed
Near Newberry-Wiien Car Hits
Truck, Companion Escapes.
James Monroe Seagle, 22, instantly
killed hear Nev^rry at 3:45 Satur
day ‘morning while en route to his
home at Camden after attending
home-coming exercises here on Friday
Supreme Court
To Try New Deal
AAA and TVA Will Be^Measured
By Same Yardsticks That
Ruled NRA Unconstitutional.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The supreme
court agreed today to measure the
New Deal’s farm and Tennessee val
ley programs by the Yardstick of the
constitution which already has ruled
County Fair To
Attract Many
Number of Exhibits To Feature
Big Week At Laurens Begin
ning'Next Tuesday. _
UVAL CLINGS
TO PEACE HOPE
-I
afternoon ahd evening, graduatedj NRA.
M tr\ -.11 < T a’ In mnnr
ifrom'Presbyterian college in June past’ mapping a heavy schedule for a
and was well known here. While in iPotentiaUy historic term the tribunal
college he was a popular student and. simultaneously the unprece-
took an outstanding part in athletic I <i«nted action of a state attacking a
and other campus activities. He wasiRoosevel atdnunistration law. Georgia,
runner-up for the intercollegiate ban-i^^°®® Governor Ei^ene Talmadge is a
tamweight championship of the state Roosevelt foe, asked permission to
IRA COHEN BOLAND
Ira C. Boland has been identified
in
city,
Mr.
retail grocery business in this
near the town of Alaji.
Frightened by the sudden appear
ance of II Duoe’s air squadrons, the Boland comes of an qjd and
population of the important southern j regarded Newberry county
city of Harar fled in panic to the hills born at Little Moun-
when then?l«nes flew overhead. tain, a son of Middleton Boland and
Fascist planes also passed over,Barbara Frick * Boland. He attended
Diredawa, on the Addjs Ababa-DJibOluti the Little Mountain and Mount Tabor layout the face and legs. He stated at
railroad, Ethiopia’-s only link with the! schools
in 1934-35 and was'lSailtain of the box
ing team.
In addition to his athletic activities,!
Seagle was president of the junior
class, president of the Block “P” club,
head-cheerlea’der, business manager of
the college annual, and for the past
school year, cadet major of the R. Q.
T. C. unit. -
The accident which cost the -young
man’s life, occurred four miles from
Newberry on highway No. 2, when his
car collided with a cotton truck "be
longing to W. D. Bowie of Dillpn, and
driven by David Coleman oLthe s'ame
place. A companion, June Truesdale,
of Bethune, also a graduate of the col
lege of the class of ’31, was only
slightly injured with several gashes
of the
challenge constitutionality
Bankhead cotton control act,
Chief Justice Hughes said the court
The Disabled American Veterans,
who are staging the Laurens County
fair at Laurens the week of October
22 to 26, report that many individual
as well a^group and community ex
hibits ha^ been entered and that the
fair is an assured success, through the
cooperation of these exhibitors.
Monday will be entry day and all
exhibits will be made ready for the
fair’s official opening Tuesday, but
all shoA^s, riding devices ahd amuse
ments will open at 7:00 o’clock Mon
day night and the Six Flying Melzoras
Tri-PoWer Conference At Vati
can City Sought. Ambitious
French Scheme Presented To
League In Five-Point Plan. Re
ceived Coli^ In Rome and
Addis Ababa.
\vould consider Georgia’s request. The I will present their sensational aerial
tribunal agreed last spring to review! flying trazepe act, free, at 10:00 P. M.
a Texas case involving the Bankhead
cotton ginning tax.
Tuesday will officially open the fair
with the judging of exhibits in the
But of mpro immediaU' importance
to the
court’s
administratioji was the high
formal “consent” by which it
afternoon. At 7:00 o’clock there will
be a grand baby pageant, with M^ec-
orated floats and carriages; Mbtt and
agreed to pass bn the constitutionality! Pet parade; unit.s of Boy/and Girl
of the AAA’s legally-harried proems-{Scouts and other marching'.divisions
ing taxes. Should these taxes be out-j and a carnival of ^Ud'di Gras cos-
lawed, Presidertt Roosevelt ■ has indi- tumes. The parade^^i 11 form at the
cated congress may be asl^ to levy fair headquartepi bn E. Main street,
new taxes to supply the ^500,000,0001 march aroundy(ne court house .square
estimated necessary to fulfill existingjand then the fair grouni^s. There
sea. An American medical missionary
said he had treated a soldier (presum
ably an Ethiopian) who was wounded
by what he considered either explosive
or dum dum bullets.
As Emperor Haile Selassie rushed
concentration of a gigantic army to
fight a “holy war” against the invad
ers, Ethiopian officials said the south
ern Italian ~ army was advancing
through Wegbe Shibeli. valley,
Ethiopiap troops are hurrying south
ward and are still assembling in the
northern war zone, but many miles
inland from the Italian line.
(A Havas-French news ageiKy dis
In 1905 Mr. Boland moved to Clin
ton and became associated with his
father-in-law, J. B. T. Scott, who was
Lydia Gotten Mills. Three years later
he accepted a positipp as salesman
with the J. W. Copeland company
the inquest that he was asleep ami did
not know how the accident occurred.
A coroner’s inquest held at New
berry, decided that Seagle came to his
engaged in the grocery business atfdeath in^n unavoidable accident. Cole
man, driver of^the truck, testified at
the hearing that the accident occurred
in a flat in front of a residence near
where he remained for five y^rs. The | the highway. He was en route to Clin-
next year he was connected with the
Bell-Wdrkman company.
In February, 1914, Mr. Boland open
ed a fancy grocery store in Clinton
which he has operated since that time.
With 4h«-axception of* the J. M. Pitts
ton with 25 bales of cotton and as he
reached an incline noticed a car ap
proaching from another incline. As the
two neared the flat he noticed the
driver of the car gradually pulling to
the left, and he immediately pulled the
• store, he has been in the grocery bulii- 'right wheel of the truck on the shoul
^ .... 4.1 • I**®*® longer than any other con-jders. The car, he said,^ struclL the ieft
-patch from Djibouti^ ^aid J^tmopianwm by his courteous manner ahd~ front whMl of the truck, slpd^ed and
troops had entered the Italian colony
of Eritrea and cut off several thou-
aand FiMciat troops from their bMe).
(The Paris-Soir reported lOfOOO
Ethiopians had been killed on the
southern front and that Italy had laid
square dealing, has made and held Srhit the wheeT of the trailer on the
large number of loyal customers dur
ing tlM past twenty-one years.
Mr. Boland comes from a long Luth
eran ancestry and his affiliation here
same aide, .cauaiOg hiip to lose control
of the truck and i^B^ly ran into a
nearby field. Dr. Frahk D. Mower of
Newberry, testified that the young
man suffered a crushed chest and frac-
is with St. John’s Lutheran church
plans for a drive from that sector kf-j When he came to Clinton there was no'tured skull, injuries sufficient to cause
ter a conference, made possible by air- Lutheran church and for a number ofideath.
plane, between the northern and south-1 ypiirs he worshipped at North Broad Seagle’s body was taken to Camden
benefit payment contracts.
Involved in the TVA case was gov
ernmental sale of surplus power—a
key.sl,one of tJhe New Deal’s policy of
setting up a government standard
measuring private power costa.
Both the AAA and TV^ were
amended at the last seasionT of con
gress-with the intention of bolstering^ «nd
the statutes against constitutional at
tacks. /
Special note wa* taken of the AAA
amendments in a motion filed today
by the Washburn Crost)y company of
Kansas City which had obtained a dis
trict eburt4 judgment for recovering
processing taxes paid prior to their
enactment last August 24.
Contending it was entitled to a rul
ing on validity of the basic^act, the
company said lhat by limiting the
right to bring suit to recover process
ing taxes, the amendments would work
will be^autiful loving cups and oth
er pria<^ for the winners in this event.
Wednesday will be Governor’s day.
Hon. Olin 1), Johnston, governor of
South Carolina, has accepted the invi
tation of fair officials to be present.
Thursday will be Live Stock day.
All farm hor.ses, mules,'cattle, hogs
poultry - will be exhibited and Italian press
Paris, Oct. 15.—Premier Pierre La.y -
val remained Oiptimistic tonight .
spite t|>e cool reception in London^nd
Rome of his plan for Britain with
draw its home fleet from the Mediter
ranean while Italy halted/iis advances
in Ethiopia. ’
The French plam^vcaled by an of
ficial source, wo>da be a prelude to ne
gotiations for a jH'aceful settlement
in I^st Africa. It is understood Laval
wants Pope* Pius *to invite the heads
of th^^hree 1906 treaty powers—Brit-
France and Italy—to a peace con-
f^nce, presumably at Vatican City.
Laval was believed to have “plant
ed” the seed of his jimbitious scheme
in conversations with British Ambas- /
sador Sir George Clerk, Italian Am
bassador Vittorio Cerutfi and .Papal
Muncio Luigi Magiione at the Quair
D’Orsay last night.
First reaction abroad included:
liondon—The British foreign office
professed ignorance of any .such pro-
I>osal but reiterated that Britain’s at
titude remains unchanged. The prob
lem now is entirely in the hands of
the I^eague of Natins. Britain already
has assure<i Italy distinctly that* her
Mediterranean intentions arc not ag-
gre.ssiye but merely the result of the
hitter anti-British campaign in the
judged Thursday morning, starting at! Rome—Report of the F’rench peace
10 o’clock. On Thursday afternoon,! plan was receive<l with skepticism
starting promptly at 1:00 o’clock, the
horse show will take place, and at 4
o’clock tht* dog show will hold forth,
Friday will l)e school day. All school
children in the county under 16 and
their teachers will be admitted to the
fair free until 6 p. m., and they will
be admitted to all shows and riding
devices for 5c until 6 p. m.
Saturday wjjl bfC farittera, day
the final'day of the fair.
Fair officials announce that they
irreparable injury. The district court i have contracted the Krause Greater
ern conumanders).
(Street Methodist church. Due in a very, where interment took place
Prenvier I.*vars hope for peace grew'|gj.gie measure to his efforts and cn.^|
dimmer and Paris reports said he was j^husiasm, ^ Lutheran church was or-
waiting for Mussolini’s terms for here in 1920. For five years
armistice. The foregin office officially congregation was without a buijd-i
denied a report that I..aval had asked mg n^d held its services first at the
Britain to withdraw its fleet from the h^^^e of Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Sheely,'*
Mediterranean. _ and Copland’s hall and then in I
The British cabinet Iwld a two-hour Masonic Temple building. In'Two
session and it was believed the ques-|j922 a Jot was purchased by the^
tion of .sanctio'ns played an important |cQ|^g|.0gation on Hampton avenue and
part in the discussion. the erection of thefr own house of
Naples’ war-like appearance wasbegun in 1925 and finished in
heightened tonight by a mock defen.se. 1926. Their first pastor was Dr. A. J.
afternoon at three o’clock.
Alumni Gather
Here For Meet
against an air raid.
Synod
Re-elects
Board Monbers
Abbeville and Greenwood Lay
men Named As New Trustees
of Orphanage and College.
At the recent meeting of the South
Carolina synod in Rock Hill with the
First Presbyterian church, three mem-
bera of the board of trustees of Thom-
well orplianage whose terms had ex
pired, were re-elected for a ffve-jrear
'term: Henry J. Winn of Greenville,
C. G. Rowland of Sumter, and Dr. L.
R. Lynn, of this city. Joel S. Morse
of Abbeville, a life-long friend of the
inatitutkHb was elected a new mem-
Bowers of : Newberry, who served
from Ju^ 11, 1920, to January 1, 1924.
Following, his 'resignation diie to ill
health, the Rev. M. R. Wingard of
Greenwood, was called to the pastor
ate and has most satisfactorily served
the congregation since that time. Mr.
Boland was a member of the building
committee and is responsible today,
more than any other person, for the
existence in Clinton of a Lutheran
church, in which he is an honored el
der and superintendent of the Sunday
school. A more loyal and devoted
member of any church than Mr. Bo
land, cannot be found.' To it he gives
his best energies and is recognized
and appreciated as a faithful attend
ant and generous and consistent con
tributor to the funds for jts worship
and benevolent work;
'^^Rr. Boland is a quiet, unassuming
Hundred. Enjoy • Barbecue
At College. Dr. D. O. Rhame,
Jr^ To Head Association Dur
ing Coming Year.
had held that imposition of the taxes
before the amendments became law in
volve an illegal delegation of legisla
tive * authority — grounds on whl^h
NRA,also was found lacking.
In this first real business day of the
new term, the nine justices handed
Sundayidown jurisdictional rulings involving
j nearly 400 cases, most of which were
• filed during the summer and studied
I by members of the court during vaca-
|tions which took them to many parts
of the world.
Aside from the AAA ami TV’A cas
es, the court:
Turned down a plea th^t framers
shows for their amusement features.
TTiis organization bears an excellent
reputation for the cleanliness of its
attraction.s and freedom from, money
combined with mistrust. Political cir
cles assertetl that onrthe basis of re
sults thus far achieved Italy could not
accept any/ formula which failed to
approach the full maximum of the
F'ascist program. It was not believed
that the Pope would intervene in the
conflict.
Addis Ababa—P^thiopia is willing to
and accept a just and peaceful solution but
Emperor Haile Selassie cannot con
sent to any formula involving loss of
,Ethiopian sovereignty. Ethiopia will
not surrender territory to force with
out re.si.stande.
Geneva — Revelation of the Laval
plan in Paris coincided with report
ley of this city:._deceasedr
For a three-yaar term as trustees of
Presbyterian college, the following
were re-elected: Rev. S. K. Phillips of
Columbia, and Rev. G. G. Mayes of
Winnsboro. A. C. Todd, well-known
Greenwood attorney and native of this
county, 4ras named as a new member
on the board'to fill the place made
vacant by thc^death of Mr. Baiiley, of
this city, in July.
berujf the board suoceeding C. M. Bai--ici^/®"-* who meets the issues
and obligations of life squarely and
FIRST TRADE BODY
FORMED 25 YEARS ^GO
The city’s first commercial body un
der the title of the Merchants’ Asso-
eiatkm of Clinton, was organised on
April 20, 1910, according to the orijp-
nal application for charter filed with
the Jheziitary 0# state, wbidi fell into
the bMixfa of The Chronicle yesterday.
AppHoation for the peifsction of the
association was filed by R. L. teiley
as president, and W. O. Roberti, sec
retary. Mr. Bailey, who retired from
husinees several years ago> was at that
time one of the city’s leading mer
chants. Mr. Roberto was engaged in
the jewelry businees here. The organi
sation begsn functioning with, a rsp-'
Toeentathre group of local husineas
man eompotmg its membership.
without shirking. He always stands
for that which is right and has the
courage of his convictions. His influ
ence 'may always be counted upon to
assist in the general elevation of civic
pmd moral standards in this commu
nity. His genial nature, his admirable
traits of character have made him
many devoted friends in widely vary
ing walks of life who esteem him
hii^y. as a citizen, and as their
friend. I
In 1902 Mr. Boland married Miss
Mildred Scott yOf little Monntain.
They have tup 'sons, Ratchf<ml and
Robert Boland, and make their home
on West Msdii street.
PrcRbyterian college alumni from
all parts of this and other states, gath
ered in Clinton last Friday for the
annual home-coming celebration. The
day’s program began with a barbecue
games, and gambling -devices and|hei’e that Laval..an<l ('.erutti have been
promises eight riding and ten or more [discussing a plan for Italian troops to
tented attractions. The Six Flying halt in their present positions in Ethi-
Melgoras, aerial flying ,rtrapeze act, lopia. Peace then would be negotiated
featuring the only one-Jegged clown in [on this basis:
an act of thi.s kind, will present their I 1. The Tigre region would l>e estah-
daring feats, free, twice daily during lished as an autonomous state gov
the fair.
While many exhibitors have re-
.served space, there is still room for
more and any one desiring to make
an exhibit can get premium book and
of the constitution had no intention [entry blanks at the fair office on F.ast
of “putting hobble-skirts on congress” j Main .street at Laurens.
in refusing to neconsWer last spring’s | —
decision holdii^ unconstitutional the j | f „ ^ _ • Am.
Frazier-Lemke five-year farm mort- [ rTOmC*^Oimil^
gage moratorium act. The three-year 1
moratorium law enacted late last sum-1
mer was not involved.
Duncan’s Creek
hx^boiKl the famous gojd case rulings
by refusing to pass upon the conten-
served in the fining hall to 200 former tion of Fred W. Keithley, of Los An*
students and guests.
The earliest class of the institution
was represented by Dr. J. W. Davis,
class of ’90. TTie class of ’91 was rep
resented by Samuel G. Hardin of An
derson, who had two sons to graduate
from his alma mater in ’21 and ’32.
Reports from local alumni associ-
wttons were heard and L. W. Jackson
of Anderson, told of the “Johnson
trbphy” to be awarded an Anderson
hi^ sohool player foi* sportsmanship
and team-play by the Anderson chap
ter.
W. P. Jacobs, acting president since
President MeSween’s resignation,
made an address in which h^gave an
encouraging report on the progress of
the plans^tfor the college.
geles, that a note containing a clause
for payment of gold could not be paid
off in currency.
Disappointed Thomas J. Mooney
again by refusing his request that itj
rule on his fight for release from pris
on prior to action by California state
courts. Mooney is serving a life sen
tence for participation in San Fran
cisco’s Preparedness day parade bomb
ing in 1916.
Refused to reconsider its action of
last spring dismissing the appeal of
Angelo Herndon, Atlanta, Ga., Negro
Communist convicted of inciting
rectiqn .
Agreed to pass on an Ohip-'^se in-
vplving li federal statute- 'permitting
states to control or prohibit the lale
The association elected the follow-1 of pri-son-made goo^moving iri Inter
ing officers for the coming year: Dr. itate commercev
D. 0. Rhama, Jr., Clinton, president,
succeeding Df. S. C. Hays, of this city,
who served the past year. Dr. Hays
was elected an alumni trustee, suc
ceeding J. H. Thomwell of Hartsville.
ed vice-president, succeeding J. Tf.
Wilson, of Fayetteville, N. (^W. L.
Jones, P. C. librarian, was^.re-elected
secretary and treasurer.^
Following the business session the
meeting adjourned ahd the large gath
ering marched W^Johnson field for the
P. C.-Nearixpry football game and the
special CfimMUon arranged in honor
of Coach Walter Johnson’s twenty
Just whence AAA and TVA cases
will reach the court for argument was
uncertain^ They are preceded by 96
casep accepted last spring -r-.normally
t|to court hears about 60 a month—^but
Home-coming Day at Duncan’s
Creek Presbyterian* •church near here
will be held on the fourth SiTnday,
Oct. 27th.
. At' the jT^ning hour of worship
€. A. (^cote of Newberry, will
speak, and in the afternoon the Rev.
John MqEachern of Whitmire, Will be
heard. During the intermission din
ner will be served on the grounds with
all residents 0^ the community and
former members affiMated with the
church cordially invited'to be present
for the^special exercises which ^al-
way^raw a large crowd.
CLEMSON CLUB TO
MEET TONIGHT
There will be a meeting of the Lau-
rensTkiunty Clemson club tonight at
eight o’clock in Laurens.
'Coach Jess Neely will be the prinCi-
pa'l speaker. All former Clemson men
are urged to attend the meeting.
A small charge will be made for the
supper.
erned by “Emperor” Haile Sela.ssie
Gugsa and under Italian protectorate.
2. Ethiopia would cede the provinces
of Harar and A^aden 'to Italy so a
railroad could be built connecting the
Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somali
land.
.3, Briltarn would grant Ethiopia a^
free port at Zeila on the northern tip
[of British Somaliland.
j The remainder of Ethiopia would be
I placed umler a sy.stem of U*ague ad
visers simjlar to the |)roposai of the
committee of five with dominating
Italian influence.
f). Mus.solini would con.>ient to a set
tlement arranged by the I.eague coun
cil to preserve Geneva’s prestige.
Premier‘’Laval is understood to feel
that no peaceful settlement is pos
sible so long as Britain and Italy are
at each other’s throats in the Medi
terranean. Mus.solini cannot afford to
conciliate lest he appear to be weaken
ing before' the British fleet. Britain
cannot back down for feat her vast
I colonial empire will think she is afraid
jof Italy.
While I.Aval was broaching to Sir
I George Clerk his request that the Brit-
iish fleet be withdrawn from the Med-
literranean it was reported French Am-
tlrassador Charles Corbin made a simi-
|lar demarche at the Briti.sh, foreign
office inJjondon. i
French
L. W. Jackson, of Anderson, was eleeV justice department has indicated
that it will requeiJk that at least the
AAA oaM be advance<i for speedy
trial. The importance of both cases
was emphasiz^ in government briefs.
MEN TO MEET , , . . „
night'y**" service to the college
» ^ ' - — — —
The October meeting of the Men-of-
the-C^ureh of the Finrt PrMbTterian
eboreh will be held in ^ church din
ing d^Mrtment Friday evening mt sev-
Mi o’dock with all membera of the or
ganization invited. An interesting pro
gram wHl be led. by Capt George S.
Bea^y. ‘Thoee expecti^ to.gttend are
airited to five their names to Iiby S.
Hipp, L. B. Dillard, or Arthur Cope-
Inad.
t
MEMBER OF GLEB CLUB
J. Isaac Copeland of this ^ city, a
member of the library staff of Pea
body College for Teachers, Nashville,
Tenn., has been selected a member of
tbe school’s chorus for the, coming
year. On Friday evening at 6:30, the
clul^ wfB broadcast over etition WSM,
Nashville, eeveral numbers to be in
cluded in the prograin.
Big Gtun bi .
^tton Ginned
Figures as of October Ist, announc
ed by the special agent of the census
department, show a subetantiiU in
crease in cotton ginned in the cohnty
as compared to .the same period last
year.
While 3,768 bales had come from the
county’s gins on Octobey 1st last year,
7,374 bales had been ginned fqr the
corresponding date this year, ah in
crease of 3,606 bales.
The state ginned 320,518 bales this
year against 200,491 last year.
Thursday
Carolina vs Citadel at Orangeburg.
Friday
_J’urman vs Wake Forest at Char
lotte (night).
Satarday
Presbyterian vs Mercer at Macon.
Weifoed.vs Erskineoat Due West.
Gcaeral StaiMling
W '
Citadel 2
LT
0,
iT >
Pet.
1000
Clemson
3
•1
760
Furman
.... .... 2
1
667
Erskine
.... 2
0
600
Newberry
1
2
388
Wofford
1
2
333
Presbyte^n ....
1
3'
260
Carolina
.... 1
3
250
The French expect a British reply -
shortly, probably .stressing the condi
tion that any such action would have
to be accompanied simultaneously by
Mus.solini giving the order "halt” to
his East African troops.
Laval was said to believe that mu
tual concessions by Britain and Itkiy
would clear the way for settlement be
tween Italy and Ethiopia. Despite the
^{premier’s optimism, diplomats pointed
• out that'Britain is ih a difficult posi
tion to accept on the eve of the first
general elections in four years. Tlie
national government might be repudi
ated at the polls if it called back the
fleet and the Italian advance cun-
tinoed;^^^ .
l^ven if the British were willing
there still , remains a gigantic distance
to bridge between the Italian and Ethi
opian positioi^ Ethiopia is unwilling^
Pet.(to negotiate as long as Italian so^lters
remain on her soil. Italy is unwilling
to compromise with Ethiopia. Britain
is unwilling to agree to conditions not
acceptable to Ethiopia.
Nevertheless, Laval is drawn on by
the fear of another European war
which might destroy all the gaina
France made in .the last.
\
t
4
1
■ • .“i.-
-..i ,