The Importance of Reserving the Law

If you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings. Holly Salasi had spent several years weakening the power of Ethiopia's various warlords. He knew that Gugsa and the Empress were plotting revenge against him. As time passed and Gugsa made no move, the chances of a plot only increased. In March 1930, an enormous force of 35,000 men began to march towards Addis Ababa.