Frontier demarcation with Ethiopia first revealed Britain’s withdrawal of protection

Evidence

Having successfully settled the frontier with Italy, Britain now proceeded on the demarcation of her Protectorate’s boundaries with Ethiopia, following the terms of the dubious agreement of 1897. This was the first clear indication which British-protected Somalis were vouchsafed of the partial withdrawal of British protection, and of the abandonment of their territory over which Ethiopia was now anxious to exercise jurisdiction. Consequently, it is scarcely to be wondered at that the joint-Commission encountered opposition from the clansmen in the area, or, that in the course of its work, one of the commissioners lost his life. This, however, was but a minor incident compared with the reception which was in store for the Commission, led by Col Clifford and Dedjazmatch Tessema Bante, when it arrived at Walwal in the eastern Ogaden in November 1934. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 296

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Lewis’s earlier treatment of the 1897 Anglo-Ethiopian agreement and its consequences. — connects to: The Britain-Somalia rupture could have been avoided had London heeded N.F.D. reports; Britain ceded 67,000 square miles of the Haud to Ethiopia in 1897; Britain’s treaty let Ethiopian claims lapse without recognizing its sovereignty. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 188 (+8 more)

Related

• Britain ceded 67,000 square miles of the Haud to Ethiopia in 1897 (similarity 0.94)
• Britain in 1897 nearly abandoned its Somaliland protectorate (similarity 0.90)
• Britain’s 1897 withdrawal knowingly doomed the Somali clans’ independence. (similarity 0.88)
• Britain’s treaty let Ethiopian claims lapse without recognizing its sovereignty. (similarity 0.87)
• Britain obtained Ethiopian recognition of the Protectorate while ceding no Somali territory to Ethiopia (similarity 0.86)
• Britain’s 1897 withdrawal of protection exposed Somali clansmen to Ethiopian occupation (similarity 0.86)
• British-protected Somali only learned of the 1897 treaty when the 1934 boundary commission arrived (similarity 0.85)
• Britain nearly abandoned its Somaliland Protectorate over cost concerns. (similarity 0.85)
• Britain relinquished the Protectorate almost unconditionally (similarity 0.85)
• Britain surrendered Haud grazing lands to Ethiopia without consulting Somali subjects (similarity 0.85)
• Britain’s nominal treaty stipulation masked its earlier unilateral record in Somaliland. (similarity 0.84)
• Britain abandoned the Ogaden to Ethiopia despite Somali protests and riots. (similarity 0.83)
• Britain abandoned Somali unification because its strategic stakes there were too low (similarity 0.82)
• Britain abandoned the Ogaden to Ethiopia, triggering a riot killing twenty-five Somalis (similarity 0.82)
• Postwar Anglo-Ethiopian agreements triggered a new scramble for Somali territory (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Britain in 1897 nearly abandoned its Somaliland protectorate #corroborates (0.70)
• Nominal Abyssinian incursions led Britain to trim its Somali territory. #corroborates (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 750
• Britain nearly abandoned its Somaliland Protectorate over cost concerns. #corroborates (0.65) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 183
• Britain sacrificed Somali ties to preserve its Ethiopian and Kenyan relations #corroborates (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 480
• Britain surrendered Haud grazing lands to Ethiopia without consulting Somali subjects #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 397
• Britain relinquished the Protectorate almost unconditionally #expands (0.55)
• Britain abandoned Somali unification because its strategic stakes there were too low #contradicts (0.40) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 341