Haile Selassie's Appeal to League

Date: June 30, 1936 • Location: Rome, Italy

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1935–1936.

Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.