| The Battle of Adwa 110th Commemoration Ceremony |
Thirty-nine years after Italy
lost the Battle of Adwa to
Ethiopia, Emperor Haile Selassie I
made a "prophetic appeal" to the 52
members of the League of Nations
in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 30,
1936, to halt Mussolini's systematic
genocide campaign in Ethiopia, that
was carrying out with poisonous gas
sprayed from airplanes and other
horrific atrocities that claimed the
lives of no less than one million
Ethiopian men, women and children
far removed from the battlefield.
Emperor Haile Selassie I reported
how the aerial gassing campaign,
"poisoned the air, water and grazing
grounds, turning Ethiopia virtually
into a desert...killing both man and
beast and that:
"the fascist intent
was to kill
all life in Ethiopia."
...before stepping down from the
podium, the King of Kings
prophesied "it is us today, but it
will be you tomorrow"...3 years
later, almost to the day, Mussolini
joined forces with Hitler...and the
rest is history.
lost the Battle of Adwa to
Ethiopia, Emperor Haile Selassie I
made a "prophetic appeal" to the 52
members of the League of Nations
in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 30,
1936, to halt Mussolini's systematic
genocide campaign in Ethiopia, that
was carrying out with poisonous gas
sprayed from airplanes and other
horrific atrocities that claimed the
lives of no less than one million
Ethiopian men, women and children
far removed from the battlefield.
Emperor Haile Selassie I reported
how the aerial gassing campaign,
"poisoned the air, water and grazing
grounds, turning Ethiopia virtually
into a desert...killing both man and
beast and that:
"the fascist intent
was to kill
all life in Ethiopia."
...before stepping down from the
podium, the King of Kings
prophesied "it is us today, but it
will be you tomorrow"...3 years
later, almost to the day, Mussolini
joined forces with Hitler...and the
rest is history.
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| Special Year 2000 Edition Published by The Ethiopian Holocaust Remembrance Committee 773-268-1000 |
"...it's us today...but it will be you tomorrow..." |