Word: albanian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deed. A heavily wooded and lonely stretch of road in Greece. An automobile is approaching Santa Quaranta from Janina. In the car, Italian members of the International Commission for Delimitation of the Greco-Albanian frontier - General Tellini, Major Scorti, Lieutenant Conati, their interpreter and their chauffeur. The car is halted by a barricade of fallen trees. Shots ring out from the woods on either side of the road. . . . The five Italians are found dead. . . . The Greek Government expressed its profound regret to Italy. . . . The Ultimatum. The news of the murder was received throughout Italy with violent indignation. Demonstrations against Greece...
Said the ex-Senator : " Never have these four rules been broken." He then cited the League's successful efforts with regard to the Aland Islands, Albanian, Silesian, Austrian and Sarre Valley problems...
According to a despatch from Belgrade (capital of Yugo-Slavia) Albanian Mussulmans have decided to break with the Caliphate, suppress polygamy and abolish the requirement for women to wear veils in public. It was also agreed that prayers may be said while standing. Resolutions to this effect were passed by the Albanian Mussulmans' Congress at Tirana...