ABYSSINIA: To Go a-Visiting

It was announced from Paris that Ras Taffari, Prince Regent of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), is to pay a visit to that capital. From there he will go to Lon don, from there to Rome. The alleged reason for his visit to Paris, where he is to be treated with royal honors, is to obtain the cession to Abyssinia of the Franco-Ethiopian Railway which runs from Addis Abbaba (capital of Ethiopia) to Jibuti in French Somaliland. The Prince is also to propose that Jibuti be made into a free port, in order that his...

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