Yesterday the Abyssinian Negus fled the capital to Djibouti, from where, if today’s newspapers are to be believed, he plans to cross over into Palestine. Addis Ababa is in flames, there is plundering on the streets, rifle shots ring out… The war has ended (although peace is still far away), Abyssinia is conquered, Mussolini triumphs. This is also the final nail in the coffin of the League of Nations; and Europe is at a fateful junction. You can smell the gunpowder! A terrible storm is approaching at full speed!