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- UNITED STATES PROTESTS 1 FORCIBLE AND VIOLENT INVASION OF ALBANIA j t - . . . . ......... . 4 WASHINGTON, D. C, April 8 The United States formally denounced Italys invasion of Albania today. This government thus extended its vigorous censure to both ends of the Rome-Berlin axis for armed conquest of independent nations in Europe. Secretary of State Cordell Hull branded the Italian invasion as an additional threat to the peace of the world. In a brief but pointed denunciation he declared "any threat to peace seriously concerns all nations." The Secretary of States condemnation of Italy was made with the full approval of President Roosevelt. Hull conversed at length on the telephone with the Chief Executive at Warm Springs before issuing the statement to correspondents. The Hull statement of condemnation follows: "The forcible and violent invasion of Albania is unquestionably an additional threat to the peace of the world. It would be short-sighted not to take notice of this further development. Any threat to peace seriously concerns all nations and violates the will of all peoples in the world that their governments shall lead them not toward war but along paths of peace. It is scarcely necessary to add that the inevitable effect of this incident, taken with other similar incidents, is to destroy further confidence and to undermine economic stability in every country in the world, thus affecting our own welfare."
