RADICAL MEASURES

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12023, 29 December 1924, Page 7

RADICAL MEASURES

' GOVERNMENT ACTING. OUTBREAK FEARED, Australian and . N.Z Cable Association. BELGRADE, December 26. The Government is taking radical measures to prevent an outbreak following the dissolution of the Croat peasant Republican Party. Orders have been issued to keep troops ■ ready in all provinces, excepting the Serbian kingdom, especially in the Croat-Slovene province, where the feeling is strongest. The entire police force of the country is mobilised. It is reported that the Croat leader, Radeos, is still in Agratn,. CRITICAL POSITION FRONTIER CLOSES). Australian and N2. Cable Association, NEW YORK, December no. , Reports from Belgrade oonfinn the' report of the occupation of Tirana, in Albania, by the ex-Pnemier, Kogu’a, troops. ‘ • . Rome dispatches state that the Government is in a critical condition. The Jugoslav Government has announced that its action in closing the Albanian frontier at the most important point Was for ike purpose of' circumscribing the present Albii.tiia.Ti movement ' and to prevent it taking an international aspect. <■' ■ ■ ■ >'• ■ = •!' SCUTARI BAFE CAPITAL TRANSFERRED, Australian* and N.Z. Cable Assentation. (Received Deoember 28, 6.5 p.m.) ROME, December 26. Latest messages indicate that Scutari has not been captured. _ Fannoli has transferred the oapital thither. FLED FROM SCENE CABINET AT BRINDISI. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 28, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 28. A message from Rome reports that the members of the Fannoli Cabinet and 239 wounded Albanian soldiers arrived at Brindisi by a sailing ship, having fled in consequence of the rebels TWo other shiploads of refugees are expected: