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እናሳ የአሰብ ባለቤት ማን እንደ ሆነ አያችሁ?

[Zmeselo]

Oh, the delusion and miseducation!


Menelik to King Umberto of Italy:

I beg Your Majesty to defend me against every one, as I don't know what European kings will say about this, let others know that this region is ours.

Chris Prouty, "Empress Taytu and Menelik II," page 54

Menelik, to Count Antonelli,

that he loved Italy so much that HE FELT 'HALF ITALIAN' AND HAD NO GREATER WISH THAN TO GO THERE AND SEE IT.

Prouty, page 57

Via Antonelli's courier, Menelik informed the King of Italy that he would like the Italian soldiers to occupy Asmara, in order to discourage the imperial pretensions of Mengesha Yohannes (the son of Emperor Yohannes).

There after,

added Menelik,

God will give me the throne that for many years I have had the right to have.

Prouty, page 61


Ras Alula, did his bid:

You want the country to the River Mereb (meaning the whole Eritrea) to cultivate your gardens, to build your houses, to construct your churches? We can give it to you [And not to Menelik.]. Let the Italian soldiers come to Adwa, I shall come to meet them like friends.

And in trying to persuade the Italians not to make friendship with Menelik, Alula begged the Italians by saying:

And you, why do you need to look for distant friend? We are neighbors (meaning Eritrea and Tigray) and can serve each other. You went the road to be open and I want the road to be open. You should guard to the Mereb River and I will guard it to Gondar and even beyond Gondar. We must be able to go to the coast to trade in order that our country (meaning Tigray) would flourish, with the help of God, Menelik is too far to be of any use to you. Let us make friendship between us.

Haggai Erlich, "Ras Alula,", page 164



Shaleqa Dawit Wolde Giorgis, even though he comes from an Ethio- centric point of view, wrote:

Eritreans, were the coast guards of the mainland. The major battles that are recorded in Ethiopian history except for Adwa were in Eritrea and were fought by Eritreans, most of the time. The battle-fields of Debaruwa, Gundet, Gura, Kufit, Saati, Dogali, and Koatit against the Sudan, Turkey, Egyptians, and the Italians are typical examples.

"Red Tears," page 74