ERITREANS CONTINUE THEIR STRUGGLE.
The struggle for the freedom of Eritrea from the feudalistic monarchy of Ethiopia has scored several recent successes, according to the Eritrean Liberation Front. _ .
On February 2 guerrilla fighters of the Eritrean Liberation Army ambushed an Ethiopian patrol at Ansaba, killing 20 and wounding others, Equipment was captured, including 32 rifles and machine guns and considerable ammunition.
A patrol dispatched from Keren to hunt down the revolutionists ran into another ambush and had to withdraw leaving their dead and wounded behind, The Eritreans have the advantage of rugged mountains
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in addition to dedication to the cause of national liberation,
’The Ethiopian government has retaliated against the freedom fighters in various areas, On January 26 in the village of Tamarat they killed Hassan Aleamin Sayak, a small merchant. He was not given any triel but simply murdered on the unproved charge of selling food to revolutionists.
On February 3 in the village of Sedri Abdura they killed two brothers, Hamid Omar Almadai and Mohammed Hamid Omar Almadai. These farmers wore not involved in the struggle but a battle took place near where they lived,
On the same day at Sedri Abdura, Ethiopian troops killed a mother named Maka Mohammed Hamid who sought to defend her daughter from rape by the soldiers, They also killed the daughter,
The Ethiopian emperor summoned tribal chiefs and officials from the western region of Eritrea. He gave them a dressing down, accused them of hypocrisy and said that they were conspiring with the revolutionists while falsely declaring allegiance to him, He threatened to take reprisals on the whole area indiscriminately.
The Ethiopian government has already concentrated nomadic and seminomadic tribes in certain restricted areas to prevent them from participating in the revolution, .
This is the same tactic which the French army practiced in Algeria -- with conspicuous lack of success,
GEORG LUKACS