Tirana, Apr. 27.
The royal couple of Albania, King Zogu I and Queen Geraldine, left Tirana this afternoon for Durazzo, the summer capital, where they will spend their honeymoon in the royal villa. Before their departure, a huge banquet was served in the palace.
At the close of a simple ceremony lasting but nine minutes, Counters Geraldine Apponyi became Queen of Albania at 11 o'clock this morning The 25-year-old Hungarian noblewoman was wedded to the 42-vearcld monarch of Albania in the Grand Hall of the newly-built temporary palace, which serves the King while the new Royal Palace is being erected.
In the presence of all members of the royal amily, the diplomatic corps in Tirana, Albanian Ministe delegations of Hungarian aristocracy a great number of prominent people come specially for the nuptials and several press correspondents, Albania's ruler was married in a brief cere-many that contrasted greatly with the surroundings.
The King was dressed in a militar uniform. The Queen wore a P: gown of white satin embroidered with silver. The poorest children to be found in Tirana held the long train. of the dress. All round them were the colourful uniforms of those attending, the costumes of the Hungarian aristocrats adding to the historic setting.
The King's witnesses at the cere-many were Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, and Prince Abid, the sovereign's brother-inlaw. The' Queen's witnesses were Baron Villani and Count Stephan Apponyi.
The roar of the 10i-gun salute marked the end of the wedding rites to waiting crowds.—Havas. said, because whole lines of them were wiped out by Nationalist machine-guns and hand grenades. Many escaped the fire and reached the Nationalist lines.
Gen. Miguel Aranda's Nationalists, attering the counter-assault, vere reported tonight to have pushed southward upon Torreblanca. threatening that coastal communications centre and reaching a point barely fifteen miles from C- -Hon de la Plana.
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