Sultans From Somliland Visit Colonial Office...They Want To Stay In The Empire: A delegation of four elder from the Somaliland Protectorate visited to the Colonial office this afternoon for a meeting with the Colonial Secretary. They are protest against the decision used the recently concluded Anglo-Ethiopian treaty to return to Ethiopian administration a strip of territory which has been under British Military Rule since 1944. The delegation represents 300,000 people who wish to stay with in the Empire. Photo Shows L -r:- Sultan Abdul Rahman (45) leader of the Habr Awal tribe and Sultan Abdillahio (57) leaders of the Eidagalla tribe - arriving at the Colonel office this afternoon.
Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 2-14-1955.
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