"Increasing crystallization of sentiment against Italy's reputed aggression of the African empire of Ethiopia was witnessed here over the weekend through the activities of the African Patriotic League and the Provisional Committee for the Defense of Ethiopia... A. L. King, president of the New York chapter of the UNIA, presided at the [Provisional Committee for the Defense of Ethiopia's] meeting on Monday. A. Reid, league member, announced that he had secured the Abyssinian Baptist Church to hold a giant mass meeting protesting against the actions of Italy. The meeting will be held on March 7, at 8:30 p.m. All organizations are invited to be represented"