TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Rapallo, Italy, December 5, no year. Letter to Miss Croft. In full: “The Red Cross COULD, any time in these last 20 and more years, have occupied itself with the cases of Abyssinians or rather subject tribes mutilated BY Abyssinians. Your parents wd. not thank me for sending you photos of particular cases. A good deal of this evidence was presented at Geneva. Geneva is not only the chief tool of bank infamy, a centre for propagation of lies, but it is now the main alias for an England that dares no longer use her own name, England STANDS for mutilation IN Abyssinia, but Sam Hoare prefers to call the firm Greece-Portugal Ltd.” In a postscript, he adds: “I refrain from arguing about the recent massacre until I have seen photos of the results. It seems fairly well established that seven million blacks do NOT care for the present system of ‘justice’ from Ababa.” Pound has made numerous corrections throughout in his own hand. Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 21.75 x 14.75. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds and a few light creases. It appears that Pound sent this letter shortly before Mussolini sent Italian troops to Ethiopia in 1935. Pound supported the war, as it undermined the League of Nations (an organization which he detested), and expected the Italians to bring ‘civilization’ to an ‘uncivilized’ area of the world. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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