765.84/3963: Telegram
The Minister Resident in Ethiopia (Engert) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:05 p.m.]
170. Have just received aide-mémoire from Ethiopian Foreign Office dated today protesting formally against constant violation by Italy of article XXIII (a) and article XXV of Hague Convention No. 4 of 190720 and Geneva Protocol of June 17, 1925,21 by using asphyxiating gases and bombing civilian populations.
Ethiopian Government reserves all rights under article III of said Hague Convention and appeals to the Government of the United States as one of the signatories of the above-mentioned convention and protocol “to be good enough to take all measure it may deem proper to cause the enemy to desist immediately from the said violations.”