The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-05-28
THE ALBANIAN REVOLT.
Dramatic Scenes at Scutari.- ID escend.
ants Of Alexander TraMpltng the
Crescent UMder Foot.

LONDON, May 12.-One OF the most
interesting, picturesque and stirring
incidents connected with the declarsa-
OF Albanian independence Is thus de-
scribed in u letter from tho Catholic
Albanian notable of Scutari: Tho in
dependence of Albania was proclaimed
by a great assembly held ON the nine
tecnth of April at Scutari. Hodo Bey
made the following speech In the AL
banian tongue:
sIIonored Brethren: The ministers
who met at Berlin acted In complete
ignorance of our country and Its In
habitants when they sold us-tse pur-
est and most noble people ON the face
stands In tho very lowest plane OF CIV
ilization, aud which till now owed It's
very existence to the charity OF the
princes Of Europe. We, the lineal de-
scendants of John Scanderberg, the
hero of the Arnauts, and Of Alexander
the Great, abandoned by all, with a
pack of furnished wolves watching as
as their prey, know how to defend the
honor of the tombs of our ancestors.
We concealed our sorrow and stified
our most cherished feelings when our
brothers of Podgoritza and Sponz were
delivered over to the enemy. Neither
shall we now resort to force to alter the
ex xisting state Of things. But this Is
the last concession We arc prepared to
make. Our brothers., the Hotti, the
Kastratti and the Klementi, are to-
morrow to be delivered over to the
enemy. Win you permit this out
rage:'
A thousand voices in answer to tho
orators question shouted "No!.
"'Thcn,' he continued, "neither shall
1, Hodo Bey, who during the last
fifty years served the Sultan faithfully.
Now that know his real sentiments
I separate myself from him. 1 recog-
nize no longer Padishah of Stamboul."
AS he pronounced these words the
high-spirited old man tore of the num-
erOus medals which covered his breast
and dashed them to the ground. One
hundred and fifty Turkish officers who
We're present followed tho example of
their colonel, Hodo Bey, tearing of
as we'll rs the medals, which they trod
under foot. Hodo Bey then continued
his impassioned address, closing with
the words: "For tho future We have
nothing In common with the Padishal,
and his Effendis of StambOul. Do your
duty like men,"
At this moment there appeared on
| the balcony n warrior of gigantic
| stature, with naked yataglian in hand.
a flash of steel and tho flag staff bear
ing the banner of the Crescent tOtterod
and fell, and the standard of tho Sui
| tan rolled in tho dust. The old stand
| ard bearer of the IIotti then raised the
national flag, which consisted of an
Albanian lion rampant ON q red ground.
At the sight Of the beloved banner the
air was rent With frenzicd acclama-
tious. When silence was at length
restored, Hodo Boy said: GAS for
arms, we havo them in abundance, and
stout hands to wicld them. All we re-
quire is money, for Albania is poor II
she he brave" ..
| The representative of the Corpora
ton of Merchants then arose and an
nounced that a number of the bankers
of Scutari, among them Bilni Bianchi
Summa Parnzzi and Nicola Jnba, had
declared that they would undertake tC
place So 900 daily mt the disposition o
the comInnndcr-in-chi for the use O
his soldiers. Prince Prenk Bid DOda
wae unanimously elected as general OF
! the Christian combatants, and Col
IIodo Bey of the Mol,ammed,,ns. The
latter volunteered to proceed on the
following day to the territory of the
IIotti, which appeared to be the first
| place threatened with invasion.
THE CHANCES FOR HANCOCK.