THE BALKAN CAULDRON

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 307, 27 December 1924, Page 7

THE BALKAN CAULDRON

OCCUPATION OF TIRANA. ACTION OF YUGOSLAVIA. TEARS OF FURTHER WAR. (By Cable.—l'ress Association.—Copyright.) (RppphTil 11.3(1 a.m.l NKW YORK, December ■Iβ. Reports from Belgrade confirm the occupation of Tirana in Albania by Zopis' <ronps, while Rome dispatches itate that Premier Fannoll's Government is in n criti.-al condition. The Yugoslav Government announced that its action in closin- the Albanian frontier at its most important point was for the purpose of circumscribing tile present Albanian movement to prevent it taking an international aspect.—(A. all d N.Z. Cable.) THE STATE OF SERBIA. A POLITICAL FERMENT. AIL TROOPS IN READINESS. (Received 10.H0 n.m.) BELGRADE, December 2fi. The Government is taking radical measures to prevent an outbreak following dissolution of the Croat Peasant Republican party. Orders have been issued to keep troops ready in all provinces (with the exception of the old Serbian Kingdom), especially in the created Slovene provinces, where the feeling is strongest. The entire police force of the country is mobilised. It is reported the Croat leader. Eadichs, is still in Agram.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) I