Tafari Mekonnen did much to promote the discussion, if not the implementation, of new ideas by founding a new press in 1923. This published Gebre Heywet's second essay, "State and Public Administration," in 1924, while progressive ideas were exchanged in two Amharic weeklies which first appeared in 1924 and 1925 at Tafari's instigation. Contributors expected Europe's science and technology to supply economic improvements, as distinct from curiosities and personal comforts which had intended to satisfy Menelik.

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