Throughout the length and breadth of Abyssinia the war drums are sounding their urgent message in Africa's primitive telegraph From each provincial capital and each stronghold the imperial drummers of the Emperor are sending out the forty five beats which call the warriors to battle The message of the Emperor's drums is carried on by the drums of the grand dukes and the other petty rulers The Emperor possesses forty four pairs of drums grand dukes each have thirty four and each duke twenty four The drum beats constitute the only order the tribesmen receive to mobilise Photo shows Imperial drummers of Abyssinia sending out their message of war from a special enclosure September 26th 1935