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Lagè lè sa a te pran plas nan kondisyon atròs ki mwen te mete devan tout Pèp la. Nan ki lit inegal ant yon Gouvènman kòmandan plis pase karant-de milyon abitan yo, li te gen a jete li yo finansye, endistriyèl ak vle di teknik yo ki pèmèt li yo kreye san limit kantite yo ki nan ki pi lanmò-fè fas zam, ak, sou lòt men an, yon ti moun ki nan douz disip milyon abitan yo, san yo pa bra yo, san yo pa resous ki gen sou bò li yo sèlman yon jistis nan pwòp li yo, kòz ak bondye te pwomèt la nan Lig Nasyon yo. Ki sa ki reyèl asistans te bay pou yo peyi Letiopi pa senkant de nasyon yo ki te deklare nan lavil Wòm Gouvènman koupab yon vyolasyon nan Kontra a ak te gen eskize pou anpeche triyonf la nan agresè a? Gen chak nan Eta yo Manm, kòm li te li devwa yo fè yo nan vèti nan li yo siyati ajouté Atik 15 nan Kontra a, konsidere kòm agresè a kòm li te gen komèt yon zak nan lagè pèsonèlman dirije yo kont tèt li? Mwen te mete tout espwa m ' nan egzekisyon an nan sa yo pwomès. Konfyans mwen te gen te konfime pa repete deklarasyon ki te fèt nan Konsèy la nan efè a ki agresyon pa dwe rekonpans, epi yo ke fòs ta fini pa yo te oblije soumèt devan dwa.
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War then took place in the atrocious conditions which I have laid before the Assembly. In that unequal struggle between a Government commanding more than forty-two million inhabitants, having at its disposal financial, industrial and technical means which enabled it to create unlimited quantities of the most death-dealing weapons, and, on the other hand, a small people of twelve million inhabitants, without arms, without resources having on its side only the justice of its own cause and the promise of the League of Nations. What real assistance was given to Ethiopia by the fifty two nations who had declared the Rome Government guilty of a breach of the Covenant and had undertaken to prevent the triumph of the aggressor? Has each of the States Members, as it was its duty to do in virtue of its signature appended to Article 15 of the Covenant, considered the aggressor as having committed an act of war personally directed against itself? I had placed all my hopes in the execution of these undertakings. My confidence had been confirmed by the repeated declarations made in the Council to the effect that aggression must not be rewarded, and that force would end by being compelled to bow before right.