The Abyssinian Wounded Cordial and unqualified support • can be
given to the .appeal printed in another column over the names of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lugard and others for funds for the equipment of a British ambulance service in Ethiopia. Sympathy with Ethiopia in its struggle is all but universal in this country, and if it is given tangible form on even a modest scale the response to the letter --should be impressive. A country fighting almost without modern arms against tanks, aeroplanes and machine- guns•will inevitably sustain casualties terrible in character and 'immense in numbers. The Abyssinian Red Cross equipment is almost as defective as its armaments. In regard to the latter it has just ground for complaint against this country, and the opportunity given to private charity to do something to obliterate the • impression created by the Government's arms embargo is one that many thousands of Englishmen will welcome. Great Britain has been falsely accused of being actuated in its attitude towards Abyssinia by motives of self-interest. It will not be without value internationally to demon- strate that individuals in Great Britain are ready to make some personal sacrifice in response to the appeal for the relief of the Abyssinian wounded.
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