TROOPS BY PLANE

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 84, 11 April 1939, Page 9

TROOPS BY PLANE

ITALIAN FORCES.

Landings Continue To Be Made In Albania.

KING AND QUEEN IN GREECE,

United Press Association.—Copyright.

(Received 1.30 p.m.)

LONDON, April 10.

Troops from 'planes occupied Koritza, adjacent to the Greek frontier, says a Tirana message. Work has been resumed on the Albanian oilfields, with soldiers standing by.

Troops, technicians and medical units continue to land from 'planes, each of which carries 20 to 30 fully-equipped men.

Many Albanian troops crossed the border and were disarmed. They state that Italians are 40 miles from the Yugoslav frontier.

A message from Athens states that King Zog and Queen Geraldine reached Larissa.

The ex-Premier of Albania, Ddafer Ypi, heads the provisional Government, which includes Zef Kadaria, Minister of the Interior, M. Marko, Minister of Finance, Pertef Pogoni, Minister of Education, Mihal Sherko, Foreign Affairs, lzedin Beshiri, Minister of Public Works, Llambi Aleks, Minister of Economics.

The Government issued a proclamation ordering Albanians'to ol>ey Italian civil and military authorities for the time being.

MOSLEM ANGER

Invasion and Bombardment of

Albania.

"OUTRAGE ON HUMANITY."

Independent Cable Service. (Received 1.30 p.m.)

LONDON, April 10

There is widespread Moslem indignation in India at the invasion and bombardment of Albania, says a message from Calcutta. Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin, Home Minister of Bengal, in a speech at a Moslem conference, condemned the invasion as "a heinous crime and an outrage against humanity."

A message from Paris says the President, M. Lebrun, and M. Daladier have received protests from Mohammedan leaders in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco at the invasion of Albania. The entire Mohammedan world in North Africa is highly indignant and united in supporting any move to prevent further Italian aggression.

A deputation of London Moslems conveyed a resolution to the Italian Embassy protesting against the Albanian invasion and demanding that Signor Mussolini renounce the title of "Defender of Islam," 'states a United-Press Association cable.