CRISIS IN ALBANIA.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 1

CRISIS IN ALBANIA.

Mussolini’s Ultimatum Rejected. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BELGRADE, August 26. A crisis has arisen in' Albania in consequence of King Zogu’s rejecting the four leading clauses in a seven-point ultimatum from Signor Mussolini. It is asserted that the ultimatum represents the biggest threat

that any Balkan State has received since the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia, which precipitated the Great War. The ultimatum demands the dismissal of all Albanian high officials who are not of Italian origin, the removal of Sir Jocelyn Percival land other English

officers commanding the police and their replacement by Italian police, and the reopening of Catholic schools. King Zogu faces the alternatives of revolution due to Albanian dissatisfaction over Italian dominance or loss of large Italian subsidies. AUSTRO-ITALIAN PACT. LONDON, Augut 26. The Rome correspondent of the “ Daily Mail ” says that one result of the recent meeting between Signor Mussolini and the Chancellor of Austria (Dr Dollfuss) was an important agreement under which there is now a virtual trade entente among Italy, Austria and Hungary. It is reported that Italy has conceded Austria a free zone in the Adriatic port of Trieste, where Austria is establishing a mercantile fleet for overseas traffic.