For more than 1400 years the Empire of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, remained fiercely independent. While neighboring African countries fell, one after anotherf to the powerful nations of Europe, the ten million black-skinned natives of Abyssinia remained safe from European aggressionNot only were they hard to get at but they liked nothing better than a good fiEht with lenty of bloodshed. Let the invading white man s tep one inch inside of P their borders and the savage warriors of Ethiope were ready for a pitch battle. A notable warrior was the Emperor Menelik, In 1896 many of the various Ethio~ pian tribes united under Menelik to fight an army of Italians that was trying to conquer the cFor more than 1400 years the Empire of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, remained fiercely independent. While neighboring African countries fell, one after anotherf to the powerful nations of Europe, the ten million black-skinned natives of Abyssinia remained safe from European aggressionNot only were they hard to get at but they liked nothing better than a good fiEht with lenty of bloodshed. Let the invading white man s tep one inch inside of P their borders and the savage warriors of Ethiope were ready for a pitch battle. A notable warrior was the Emperor Menelik, In 1896 many of the various Ethio~ pian tribes united under Menelik to fight an army of Italians that was trying to conquer the cFor more than 1400 years the Empire of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, remained fiercely independent. While neighboring African countries fell, one after anotherf to the powerful nations of Europe, the ten million black-skinned natives of Abyssinia remained safe from European aggressionNot only were they hard to get at but they liked nothing better than a good fiEht with lenty of bloodshed. Let the invading white man s tep one inch inside of P their borders and the savage warriors of Ethiope were ready for a pitch battle. A notable warrior was the Emperor Menelik, In 1896 many of the various Ethio~ pian tribes united under Menelik to fight an army of Italians that was trying to conquer the cFor more than 1400 years the Empire of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, remained fiercely independent. While neighboring African countries fell, one after anotherf to the powerful nations of Europe, the ten million black-skinned natives of Abyssinia remained safe from European aggressionNot only were they hard to get at but they liked nothing better than a good fiEht with lenty of bloodshed. Let the invading white man s tep one inch inside of P their borders and the savage warriors of Ethiope were ready for a pitch battle. A notable warrior was the Emperor Menelik, In 1896 many of the various Ethio~ pian tribes united under Menelik to fight an army of Italians that was trying to conquer the cFor more than 1400 years the Empire of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, remained fiercely independent. While neighboring African countries fell, one after anotherf to the powerful nations of Europe, the ten million black-skinned natives of Abyssinia remained safe from European aggressionNot only were they hard to get at but they liked nothing better than a good fiEht with lenty of bloodshed. Let the invading white man s tep one inch inside of P their borders and the savage warriors of Ethiope were ready for a pitch battle. A notable warrior was the Emperor Menelik, In 1896 many of the various Ethio~ pian tribes united under Menelik to fight an army of Italians that was trying to conquer the c

 

 

 

 

THE RISE AND FALL OF AN EMPIRE ‘* For more than 1400 years the Empire of Ethiopia or Abyssinia, remained fiercely independent. While neighboring African countries fell, one after anotherf to the powerful nations of Europe, the ten million black-skinned natives of Abyssinia remained safe from European aggressionNot only were they hard to get at but they liked nothing better than a good fiEht with lenty of bloodshed. Let the invading white man s tep one inch inside of P their borders and the savage warriors of Ethiope were ready for a pitch battle. A notable warrior was the Emperor Menelik, In 1896 many of the various Ethio~ pian tribes united under Menelik to fight an army of Italians that was trying to conquer the country. At the famous Battle of Adowa, more than one~fourth of the Italian invaders were slaughtered by the infuriated Abyssinian warriors. The remain» der of the army many with their bodies mutilated, retreated and sailed back to Italy with horrible tales of the cruelties practised on them by the savages of Ethiopia. Italy never forgot the humiliation of this defeat...0ne of the few occasions on which a European Army was ever beaten by African natives. And ever afterwards the more mention of Adowa stirred a passionate hatred of Abyssinia, and a burning desire for revenge, in the hearts of the Italian people. In 195O,o small, slender, sad-eyed man was proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia, His full title was "Hails Selassie I, King of Kings, Emperor of Ethiopia, Elect of God,. Power o f Trini ' ‘ty and Conquering Lion of Judahi -" He was the most intelligent man even to sit on the Ethiopian throne. He abolished slavery, built modern hospitals, intro kv W duoed European teachers to his schools, and slowly set about modernizing his bao vars ;i '?primitive_oountry. 'With his capable wife, the Empress Menen, he published a news- *»_ paper, WhlOh was widely respected and praised. . But the "Conquering Lion of Judah" was not at heart a warrior, like his countrymen. He was a peace-loving christian gentleman. The world has seen enough trouble already he thought; and so, instead ' o1" investing ' ' huge sums of th‘1S oountry ’s wealth \\\\ in bombing planes and other destructive implements of war for his b