3 JANUARY 1925, Page 10

There has been a successful revolution in Albania, where Monsignor

Fan Noli, the Nationalist Prime Minister, has been driven out of the country, and has taken refuge in Italy. He has been succeeded by Ahmed Bey Zogu, who has assumed the fashionable role of Dictator. It seems that this revolution really marks the triumph of a pro-Jugo-Slav party over a pro-Italian one. It does not seem, however, that Italy will feel compelled to take action if she is allowed some compensation by way of a sphere of influence in the south of the country. Jugo- Slav ammunition and equipment are said to have been used by the successful rebels. It is probable that the hand of that " grand old man " of Balkan politics, M. Pashitch, who has just returned to power in Belgrade, may be traced in these events.

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