By John Perryman
The rise to power in Italy of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini saw the resumption of a foreign policy aimed at expanding Italian possessions. In 1934 Ethiopia, then known as Abyssinia, became the subject of world attention following the ‘Walwal Incident’. It was to prove the precursor of the Abyssinia Crisis and an early determinant of the failure of the League of Nations.
