ERITREA: A Red Sea Italian Colony of Increasing Interest to
American Commerce 1920
A 1920 Report by Addison E. Southard. American consul at
Aden, Arabia, on the commercial status of the Italian Red Sea colony of
Eritrea, prepared with special reference to the development of American trade.
The report is based on observations made by Mr. Southard during his three and
one-half years' service as consul at Aden, supplemented by a personal visit to
all important trading centers of Eritrea. The report was submitted to the Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, on August 31, 1920.
"The Italian colony of Eritrea has recently become an
important factor in Red Sea trade, and its promising future in the commerce of
this district gives a definite and timely interest to a discussion of its
possibilities both as an import and as an export market. Indications are that
the Eritrean port of Massaua will be the principal port for the rich trade of
northern Abyssinia and the entrepot for an important trade with the Arabian Red
district. A great deal about Eritrea has been written and published in the
Italian language, but it does not appear that there has been any reasonably
comprehensive discussion in English of the commercial possibilities of the
colony. This report is based upon personal investigations conducted by the Aden
consulate, supplemented by statistical and other data made available by the
progressive Government of Eritrea."
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