With a view to contributing to the maintenance of a more balanced perspective on history, an article entitled: �The Last Day of Emperor Tewodros II�s Life and the Loot of Magdala� written by Kidane Alemayehu and Konjit Meshesha was sent to Prof. Tecola Hagos with a request that he post it on his website. The article provides information on the basis of the eyewitness account in the book (�Coomasie and Magdala�) by Henry Stanley who had accompanied the British army all the way to Magdala. Prof. Tecola did not respond.

In his recent essay: �To Insure Peace�� Prof. Tecola states: ��one individual had complained that I did not publish an article that was written by an American journalist on what happened after the defeat of Tewodros at Meqdella. The problem is not that I was trying to hide history, but the fact of copyright. If the individual (referring to me) who complained sends us his own writing about his views on anything posted in our website, written within the prescribed form announced to contributors to our website, I see no reason for not posting such an article. No one is �hoodwinking history� for we are about knowledge, truth and exposure.�

It is obvious that the esteemed Professor had not even read the article that was forwarded to him. Had he read the article, he would not have made the above statement, which is full of patent inaccuracies. The article was NOT written by an �American journalist� and the information in the article was NOT about �. What happened after the defeat of Tewodros.�  �?�(T) he fact of copyright� was never an issue. The article was in fact about what transpired upto and on the last day of Emperor Tewodros� life. It is interesting to note here that when the first group of soldiers reached Maqdala, Emperor Tewodros was still alive although gasping for his breath after shooting himself with a pistol that had been presented to him by Queen Victoria herself. For more details, please see our article which is still posted on Ethiomedia.com.

Prof. Tecola shamelessly continues to hoodwink history by not responding to the basic evidence graphically presented in Stanley�s book i.e. that, in his turn, Emperor Yohannes had engaged in the betrayal of his predecessor, namely, Emperor Tewodros. The British army could have not reached Maqdala without the very substantial support provided by Kassa (later Emperor Yohannes). Emperor Yohannes might have also not achieved the leadership position without the arms granted to him by the British in recompense for his services.

An eternal seeker of truth?