The most conspicuous feature of the diplomatic side of the
Italo-Abyssinian dispute is the signal ability and the unfaltering correctness of every public statement made by the Ethiopian Government. Its spokesman. at Geneva, M. 'I'ecle Hawariat, in particular, is a man not only of ability but of culture. He was brought up in Russia to a military career, and startled M. Lityinoff by addressing him in Russian at Geneva. After his return to Abyssinia he became Governor of the province of Chercher (preceding Dr.'Martin; the Ethiopian Minister in London, in that office) and then went as Minister to Paris. That no doubt accounts for his command of fluent French, and also perhaps for the remark he made the other day in conversation—" Yes, but do you remem- ber what Pascal says " A barbaric race, as Signor Mussolini has not failed to remark. ' • * * • **
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