The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-21
SITUATION IN
BALKAN STATES
GROWING TENSE
Stir Is Caused in League Of
Nations Circles as Com.
mission Assemblies
CHARGES ARE DENIED
Italy Claims II Cannot Re-
main Neutral - England
Said to Be in Sympathy

Geneva, Switzerland March Ell
R)--Tension in the Balkans today
caused stir in League of Nations
circles as the leagues preparatory
commission assembled to discuss pre-.
liminary plans for an international
conference.
Adviccs from Rome the last few
days have told Of the mobilization
OF Jugo Slav troops along the Al
banian border. and while Italian
newspapers have gone into details
alleging warlike intentions on the
part of Jugo Slavia, nothing official
has been announced by the Rome
govern ment.
The Belgrade government and Jugo
Slav representatives in several Euro
pean capitals have vchcmently dc.
MED military preparations excep,
the usual defense against frontier
incidents. The Jugo Slav agency at
Belgrade has referred to the reports
as pure inventions, saying Jugc
Slavia is anxious for peace.
Foreign Office Silent
Although Rome newspapers said
the Italian representatives in Eng
land, France, Germany and Other
large European countries had pre-
sented communications making
known Italy's anxiety over the situa.
tion on the Jugo Slav-Albanian
frontier, the Italian foreign office
has remained silent.
The Italian newspapers charge the
JugO Slav government with IL desire
to stir up revolt in Albania, point
ing out that such revolt might be
advantageous to Jugo Slavia's in
tercsts." These papers say England
has joined with italy in protesting
to the Jug0 Slav government against
the alleged belligcrent intentions O
Belgrade as regards Albania.
1t is reported the Italian represcn
tative ut Belgrade. in an officia
note to Minister of Foreign Affair
Peritch. declared Italy could not re
main neutral in the face of Jug
Slavia's apparent aggressive inten
tions toward Albania, and that i'm
mediately afterwards the British am
bassador virtually informed NJ
Peritch that England was in sym
pathy with the Italian stand.
FOREIGN MINISTER
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Belgrade, March 2l--P)-FOreigr
Minister Peritch declared today tha
the "news recently appearing regard
ing war preparations against Al
bania is purposely printed with tht
object of imputing responsibility K
Jugo Slavia for any disorders which
may arise from any cause
The minister invited the fullest in
vestigation by international expert.
into the actual status of the coun
try's national defense, which, he de
clared, would establish that it in M
way exceeded normal limits.
Because of persistent raids b!
comitadjis, it is pointed out in Of
ficial quarters, more troops have beer
kept on the southern frontier thar
before the great war, but that tn,
present dispositions have not varie'
since 1920.
Authorities understand Italians re-
gard with suspicion engineer bat
talions engaged in road making ant
railroad construction in Macedonia
In this connection, it is declared
these forces have been so employed
the last three years, the object being
to save expense which otherwise
would fall heavily on the ministry o
transport.
Paris, March 21--LP)-The impres
sion here is that the council Of tn,
League of Nations will be called up
on to deal with the Italo- Serbian i'm
broglio, under article IL of the league
covenant, to end the abrupt war scare
| which is upsetting the continent.
DR.. Gustav Stresemann, the Ger
man foreign secretary, feeling NJ
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