Abba Yesehaq Speaks

The Swiss government, which was host to the League of Nations rejected Our request to reside in Switzerland... we did not want to magnify the issue because We thought that [the decision] was the result of the currect crisis. However, when it seemed that the situation has reached a stage where Ethiopia's independence would be destroyed by [those], approving Italy's suzerainty, in a letter written on Tir 12, 1929 [Jan. 20, 1937] We made known to the League that the same Swiss goverment which willingly permitted the League to make it's headquarters in Geneva, now used a heavy rod to strike people [already] suffering from the agony of martyrdom. Believing that it would be convenient to pursue our case at the League if we resided at Switzerland We submitted our request...

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