"King of Kings"

Her Sublime and Imperial Majesty the Empress Zaudita, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. conferred last week upon her cousin Ras Tafari, the trusted Regent of her Empire, a potent title; "King of Kings of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of Judah and the Elect of God."

Soon Conquering Lion Tafari, who claims to be a descendant of Biblical King Solomon, was crowned, and a seven-day feast began. It was made all the merrier by the arrival of a cablegram from London:

"On the occasion of your Imperial Highness's coronation. I have great pleasure in offering you most cordial congratulations on the signal honor which her Majesty the Empress has been pleased to bestow upon you." "George R. I."

Proclamation of these stirring events was made by criers in all the 70-odd languages of Abyssinia.