ALBANIAN REBELS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 2

ALBANIAN REBELS.

■ :- ABDICATION DEMANDED.

PREirMXNARY TO PEACE. MOHAMMEDAN RULER "WANTED r 6j Cable.—Tress Association.—CoryTlgnCV TRecrivcd Tn.."iO a.m.) I.OMXIN. .Inne 2S. Tl'.." (ioverument, troops haw taken TVankhiboda, winch wus defended by f.Ofi rebels. Tin- rebels are preparing io attack Pn-si in. a post, of strategic im|>ortanr_ in connection with the advam-i- on Sliiek. i Phillipp ia llrit-li ofiicer), inljvn'ii-wptj the insurgent chiefs. The latter roii-eraif _ that I'rince William must abdicate, and that they were willing to negotiate on secondary |i..mis. They do not intend t.. attiu-k Durazzo. owing to tbe presence of foreigners, bul are ric-tcTtniiied not t'. alvandon their amis. The insurgents' insisfence on a Mohammedan sovereign is regarded as blot-king th- way to peace.

OUTSPOKEN AMBASSADOR.

EPOCHAL ANARCHY. ATHENS, .lime 2S. Tin- I'nileii Stat,-. Minister to Clr.vco fMr X\'illiaim.l. alter visiting Albania, dofvi rii'fs recent DunuKo incidents as rpn lull. and i -.-andul .-I" .icarcl.y. inci,ir-pci.-i|.i'. and Inprmrisv. The Six IV-™ scheme i- iinwork.il.ie. ..wing to anl agon isfic rivalries. lb- urges Ibe formutiou ..i" a i,ftifi-.i| llale with a local govern ineiil. Mr William- add-: "I found a Prince. calling himself .: King, with no powers. vn Irrri.'nrv. or subjects." Mr Williams - o.itspokcnmvs lias caused a gren! - - ensation.