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monkey.

whilst

munching

a

ripepear.

was

pcsleredby

the

l7(lf€r_ffl(?€{limporruml

lies

ofuwasp,

who,

noims

vnlens.

would

have:1

part.After

threatening

the

monkey

withhis

anger

rfize

further

hesitated

to

submit

tohis

derrmmi,

he.\‘4'tfl(’(lonthe

fruit.

butwasas3‘Or)n

knocked

ofI

b

y

the

nwnkey.

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wasp

now

hurlrecourseto

invec-

tiv(:—»and,

afterusing

themost

imuliing

language.

whichthe

other

calmly

listened

to,

hesoworker!

lximselfup

irimviolmr

passionthat,losing

all

consideration

oftlw

yenally,

he

flew

tothe

face

of

the

monkey.

and

slung

him

with

such

rage

thathewas

unabledoextricatehis

weapon,

and

was

compelled

totear

himselfaway.

leaving

it

inthewound-—thus

4-nfaclirzg

on

himself

a

lingering

death.

accom»

partiedhypm‘:25

much

greater

thanrhosehe

had

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inhis

way:

the

empress

andher

husband,

Ras

Gugsa.

Selassieknewthe

royalcouple

hatedhimand

wantedto

get

ridof

him,

sotocut

shorttheir

plotting

he made

Gugsa

the

governor

of the northern

province

of

Begemeder,forcing

himtoleavethe

capital,

wherethe

empress

lived.

Forseveral

yearsGugsaplayed

the

loyal

administrator.ButSelassie

didnottrusthim:Heknewthat

Gugsa

andthe

empress

were

plotting

re-

venge.

Astime

passed

and

Gugsa

madeno

move,

the

chancesof

a

plot

only

increased.Selassieknewwhathehadto

do:draw

Gugsa

out,

get

underhis

skin,

and

push

himintoactionbeforehewas

ready.

Forseveral

years,

anorthern

tribe,

theAzebu

Gallas,

hadbeeninvir»

tualrebellion

against

the

throne,

robbing

and

pillaging

local

villages

and

refusing

to

pay

taxes.Selassiehaddone

nothing

to

stop

them,

letting

them

growstronger.Finally,

in

1929,

heorderedRas

Gugsa

toleadan

anny

against

these disobedient tfibesmen.

Gugsa agreed,

but

inwardly

he

seethed--hehadno

gmdge

against

theAzebu

Gallas,

andthedemandthat

he

fight

themhurthis

pride.

Hecouldnot

disobey

the

order,

butashe

workedto

puttogether

an

army,

he

began

to

spread

an

ugly

rumor«-that

Selassiewasincahooiswiththe

pope,

and

planned

toconvertthe

country

toRomanCatholicismandmakeita

colony

of

Italy.

Gugsifsarmyswelled,

andsomeofthetribesfromwhichitssoldierscame

secretlyagreed

to

fight

Selassie.

InMarchof 1930 an

enormous

forceof

35,000

men

began

to

march,

notontheAzebuGallasbut

souih,

toward

the

capital

ofAddis

Ababa.Madeconfident

by

his

growingstrength,Gugsa.

now

openly

leda

holy

warto

depose

Selassieand

put

the

country

backinthehandsoftrue

Christians.

Hedidnotseethe

trap

that

had

been

laidforhim.

Before

Selassiehad

ordered

Gugsa

to

fight

the

Azebu

Gallas,

hehadsecuredthe

support

ofthe

Ethiopian

church.Andbeforetherevolt

gotunderway,

hehadbribedsev-

eralof

Gugsa’skey

alliesnottoshow

up

forbattle.Astherebel

army

marched

south,

airplanes

flewoverhead

dropping

leaflets

announcing

that

the

highest

churchofficials

had

recognized

Selassie

asthe

tmeChristian

leaderof

Ethiopia,

andthat

they

hadexcommunicated

Gugsa

forfoment-

ing

acivilwar.Theseleaflets

severely

bluntedtheemotionsbehindthe

holy

crusade.Andasbattleloomedandthe

support

that

Gugsa’s

allieshad

promised

himfailedtoshow

up,

soldiers

began

tofleeor

defect.

Whenthe

battle

came,

therebel

armyquickycollapsed.Refusing

to

surrender,

Ras

Gugsa

waskilledinthe

fighting.

The

empress,distraught

overherl1usba.nd’s

death,

diedafew

days

later.On

April

80,

Selassieis-

suedaformal

proclamationannouncing

hisnewtitle:

Emperor

of

Ethiopia.

Interpretation

HaileSelassie

always

sawseveralmovesahead.Heknew

that

ifheletRas

Gugsa

decidethetimeand

place

ofthe

revolt,

the

danger

wouldbemuch

greaier

thanifheforced

Gngsa

toactonSelassie’sterms.Sohe

goaded

him

intorebellion

byoffending

his

manlypride,asking

himto

fightpeople

he

hadno

quarrel

withonbehalfofamanhehated.

Thinkingeverything

out