Abyssinia Crisis Abyssinia Crisis The Abyssinia Crisis was a crisis in 1935 originating in what was called the Walwal incident in the then-ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as "Abyssinia" in Europe). The League of Nations ruled against Italy and voted for economic sanctions, but they were not fully applied. Italy ignored the sanctions, quit the League, made special deals with Britain and France and ultimately established control of Ethiopia. The crisis discredited the League and moved Fascist Italy closer to an alliance with Nazi Germany. Both Ethiopia and Italy pursued a policy
SS Abyssinia Due to such, "Parthia" only burned 47 tons of coal per day. In 1880, Cunard sold "Abyssinia" to the Guion Line when that company needed a mail liner to replace the wrecked "Montana". Two years later, "Abyssinia" finally received compound machinery. In 1884, she was transferred to the John Elder shipyard to partly finance Guion's new Blue Riband winner, the "Oregon". Unable to make the payments, Guion returned its new record breaker to Elders and continued to operate "Abyssinia". At the same time, Elders also acquired the former Cunarders "Batavia" and "Parthia" ("Abyssinia's" near sister) as trade ins for the