Chicagoans Ask Independence for Albania

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Chicago Tribune -- March 03, 1919
Chicagoans Ask Independence for Albania

An appeal for Albanian independence was cabled today to Premier Clemenceau and Secretary of State Lansing, in Paris, by delegates representing seventy-two Albanian organizations in America. The message was as follows:

"Americans of Albanian descent and Albanian residents of Illinois, natives of Kossova and Chameria, respectfully appeal to Your Excellency for independence and territorial integrity for Albania, including the provinces of Kossova and Chameria, in accordance with the noble principles enunciated by President Wilson and the Allied Powers."

Albanian

III B 1, III H, V A 1
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Albanian // Assimilation > Nationalistic Societies and Influences > Effect upon United States Government and State Policies (III B 1) ?

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Albanian // Assimilation > Relations with Homeland (III H) ?
Albanian // Miscellaneous Characteristics > Foreign Origins > Geographical (V A 1) ?

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Chicago Tribune -- March 03, 1919 Chicagoans Ask Independence for Albania

Albanian

III B 1, III H, V A 1

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Chicago Tribune -- March 03, 1919
Chicagoans Ask Independence for Albania