As the Abyssinian Crisis continues, Abyssinia asks for neutral observers on June 19th and Great Britain moves in to stop a possible war. They sent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden to negotiate peace in late June.
However, Mussolini is bent only on conquest of Abyssinia. Eden returned to Britain with nothing accomplished.
The response from Great Britain is that the Royal Navy will be clearing all of its ships from the Mediterranean Sea in the event war breaks out.
The League of Nations has also imposed a ban on armaments to both nations.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Saturday, July 9, 2005
Italian-Abyssinian talks crumble
The two states have been talking in the Hague since June 25th. But the past weeks have been for naught: the talks have dissolved as of today. Both countries are exactly where they were when they started the talks.
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