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...Cantu and three Rear Admirals who were swapping yarns aboard his flagship. Instantly Admiral Cantu began to splutter orders. The Rear Admirals were piped off to their ships, engine room lights winked full speed ahead and Italy's first squadron tore for the mountain-jabbed coast of King Zog's Albania...
...Zog and make Albania an Italian protectorate was in 1927 the ambition of Benito Mussolini. Zog in those days was President of Albania. He was presently hog-tied with a crown. Albania under King Zog settled down to pleasant wildcat treasury squandering, made possible by yearly Italian loans which, conveniently, bore no interest...
Last winter Il Duce felt he had King Zog sufficiently in debt to apply screws and force Albania into a customs union with Italy, prelude to annexation. Unexpectedly both France and England interfered (TIME, Jan. 16), forced the Dictator to back down. Since then Italy's convenient "loans" have stopped, King Zog has been tightening Albania's belt. Last week His Majesty said a stiff good-by to Italian General Pariani, long attached to the Albanian Government in the capacity of kibitzer extraordinary and unofficial boss (officially he was "Military Adviser to Albania"). Back to Italy also went...
...first time in years swank little King Zog, strutting gold-laced at a military review last week, began to feel footloose...
...pother were the Balkans last week because Premier Benito Mussolini was said to be forcing upon Albania's King Zog a customs union with Italy, threatening that unless His Majesty does as directed he will lose his fat subsidy from the Italian treasury...