WAR IN ALBANIA

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12021, 26 December 1924, Page 8

WAR IN ALBANIA

INSPIRED BY THE SOVIET? CONFLICTING REPORTS. Router’s Telegram LONDON, December 23. Reports regarding the fighting in Albania are conflicting. Britain is doing her ibost to localise the trouble by advice to the parties concerned, but the reports of the dispatch of British karships are untrue. / Belgrade reports state that the Albanian allegations that Jugo-Slavian trooips are participating in the rising are eemi-officially denied. The newspapers suggest that the Albanian Note to the League of Nations is supported by Soviet Russia, whose only representative in the Balkans is in Albania, and the Soviet is alleged to be taking advantage of the present situation to prevent the re-establish-ment of peace in the Balkans. SERBIANS IN CONFLICT SUPPORTING THE REBELS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. GENEVA, December 23. The Albanian representative here is insisting that the Serbians are supporting the insurgents in the rising. He informed the League of Nations that the Albanians captured three rebels bearing the Serbian Army identification marks, and also some Serbian artillery. Greece has proclaimed her neutrality in the Albanian dispute. SCUTARI CARPTURED. Reuter’s Telegram. BELGRADE, December 23. The morning newspapers state that a column of Albanian insurgents entered Tirana last night, and Scutari has also fallen after only half an hour’s battle. The rebels were commanded by the ex-Premier Ahmed Bagzogu, and beat the Fannoli troops. RUMANIA ALERT FOUR HUNDRED ARRESTS. Australian and NZ. Cable Association (Received December 26, 0.30 a.m-.) BUCHAREST, December 24. Detectives arrested about 400 Communists in different towns of Rumania last evening. The prisoners are alleged to belong to secret terrorist societies >n touch with the Soviet.