To Benito Mussolini in Rome last week flashed a report from Addis Ababa. Italy's active Viceroy of Ethiopia, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, reported he had just made a swing around recently-conquered Southern Ethiopia with a guard of 50, received without incident the homage of thousands of lowland Ethiopians who traditionally hate the highlanders of whom Haile Selassie is No. 1.
Few days later in 8,000-ft. high Addis Ababa, the birth of a son to Italy's Crown Prince (TIME, Feb. 22) brought out the Viceroy and his glittering entourage, accompanied by Ethiopia's native Archbishop or...