For some time he did not co-operate very cordially with Great Britain.
Lord Rosebery, who until a short time before had seemed likely to co-operate, alone held aloof.
There had been some mild plotting against Austria in Milan, and an attempt was made to co-operate with the Piedmontese movement of 1821; already in.
Manning, Menelek provided a force of 5000 to co-operate with the British and to occupy the Webi Shebeli and south-western parts of the Haud.
Lord Granville further inquired whether Italy would co-operate in pacifying the Sudan, and received an affirmative reply.
