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The Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928,〔Nicolle, ''The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia 1935-1936'', p. 7〕 also known as the Italo–Ethiopian Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration,〔Marcus, ''A history of Ethiopia'', p.126〕 was a treaty signed between the Kingdom of Italy (''Regno d'Italia'') and the Ethiopian Empire (Abyssinia) on 2 August 1928. ''Nigiste Negest'' Zewditu I ruled Ethiopia at the time of this treaty. But it was 36-year-old ''Ras'' Tafari Makonnen who represented the government of Ethiopia. Tafari, while still in his minority, was heir apparent and Regent Plenipotentiary. Within two months, on 7 October 1928, ''Ras'' Tafari would be proclaimed ''Negus''. A little over two years later, on 2 November 1930, Zewditu had died and Tafari was proclaimed ''Nəgusä Nägäst'' Haile Selassie I. ==Background== In 1926, Italy and Britain attempted a joint commercial penetration of Ethiopia. By bringing pressure jointly upon ''Ras'' Tafari, the Italians planned to exploit a railway and the British hoped to construct a mighty water works for irrigating the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. While Tafari yielded momentarily, he subsequently made a protest to the League of Nations so potent that British public opinion turned against the water works scheme and it was cancelled. This left the Italians in the lurch.〔Time Magazine, ''Fascist New Year''〕 Rather than give up his own plans, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini enlisted the aid of King Victor Emmanuel's cousin, the Duke of Abruzzi. In 1928, with pomp and panoply, the Duke and a suite of Royal proportions crossed the Mediterranean, sailed down the eastern coast of Africa, and then struck inland to Ethiopia and its remote capital, Addis Ababa. The Duke thawed the suspicious Tafari's reservations by giving him a large Isotta-Fraschini limousine, a luxurious Italian product which at that time sold in the United States for some $18,000 ($242,400 in 2013 dollars〔http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=18000&year1=1928&year2=2013〕) along with many other gifts.〔Time Magazine, ''Fascist New Year''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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