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...might conquer Ethiopia or even the French, never the Italians! "It is an axiom that even water will follow the English. They move slowly, never outrunning their communications. They bring water for their troops, as well as victuals. At Gallipoli they suffered horribly at first for water; when they withdrew I myself saw that they had installed running pipes, with hydrants, in their trenches. Yes, with 250,000 men the English could conquer Ethiopia slowly but absolutely. "With 500,000 men Italy could walk into Addis Ababa, into Harar, even into Jimma [Province]. But these men would walk there...
...held by other Great Powers. If on the other hand, Dictator Mussolini is balked by the League of Nations, the Italian attitude toward France is sure to change from friendship to fury, thereby weakening France which would have to send back to her Italian frontier the troops she withdrew and sent to guard her German frontier after the Laval-Mussolini accord in Rome (TIME, Jan. 14). Simultaneously Italy, which has been the chief bulwark against absorption of Austria by Germany would agree to that Anschluss, and Adolf Hitler might then make his first territorial gain not in some remote colonial...
Hemenway gymnasium will open this year once more provided that the members of the Law School are able to secure enough pledges to take care of running expenses. Last year the signers of the petition asking the University to open the old gymnasium withdrew when they were asked for money, and the Law School was forced to stand a loss...
...private. Two minutes before this public session began, Italy's delegation, led by eagle-bald Baron Pompeo Aloisi, ceremoniously retreated. Retiring to the League's bar the Italians each grasped a cocktail, formed themselves into a stiff circle and grimly upped bottoms in a silent toast, then withdrew to their hotel...
...tropical diseases in Eritrea. Last week an Italian Naval flotilla sailed into Mocha to exert further pressure, whereat the Imam, wasting no time in appeals to Geneva, begged directly for British help. In a few hours British war boats from Aden raced into Mocha, overawed the Italian flotilla which withdrew. The British returned to Aden. Two days later the Italian ships were back, the Imam again yelled for British help, and again His Majesty's war boats from Aden dispersed the Italians...