“Eritrean people and people of Benadir, you were separated from your mother, Ethiopia and were put under the yoke of the enemy, and under the yoke of enemy you still remain. Our cruel enemies, the Italians, have taken your green and fertile land: they prevent you from ploughing it and from grazing your cattle on it. But now the day has come when you will be saved from all the ignominy and hardship. I have come to restore the independence of my country, including Eriterea and the Benadir, whose people will henceforth dwell under the shade of the Ethiopian flag. In this struggle we are neither alone nor without arms. We have the help of Great Britain, therefore I summon you to strive to deliver yourself from the alien slavery…”